David Fyodorowitsch Oistrach

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Dawid Fyodorowitsch Oistrach (1972)

David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (Eustrach) ( Russian Давид Фёдорович Ойстрах , scientific. Transliteration David Oistrakh Fedorovic ; born September 17, jul. / Thirtieth September  1908 greg. In Odessa ; † 24. October 1974 in Amsterdam ) was a Soviet violinist of Jewish descent, who played an important role in the music world of the 20th century.

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Origin and family

Dawid Fjodorowitsch Oistrach was born in 1908 as the son of Dawid Kolker and the opera singer Isabella Beyle Stepanowskaja. She later married Fishel Oistrach for the second time.

In 1930 Oistrach married the concert pianist Tamara Rotarewa . In 1931 their son Igor was born, later also a well-known violinist. In the meantime, Igor's son Valery Oistrakh continues the family tradition as a concert violinist and violin professor.

Artistic career

Dawid Oistrach received his first violin lessons in his hometown of Odessa at the age of six. He completed his violin studies at the Odessa Conservatory with Pyotr Stolyarsky . In the orchestra of the conservatory he first played the viola, then worked in the position of concert master, which was followed by his first solo appearances.

His international career began in 1928 with appearances in the Soviet Union . From 1935 he played together with the pianist Lev Oborin , with whom he had a lifelong artistic collaboration. Oistrach has won numerous national and international music competitions, including the major Eugène Ysaÿe Competition in Brussels, which he won in 1937.

After the Second World War , the Soviet authorities made foreign tours possible, so that Oistrakh was allowed to travel to concerts in the West. He also gave over 100 concerts a year in the Soviet Union and taught at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory .

On July 28, 1945, Oistrach, who performed with cellist Swjatoslaw Knuschewitzki (1908–1963), pianist Lev Nikolajewitsch Oborin , baritone Alexej Petrowitsch Iwanow (1904–1982) and lyrical soprano Natalia Spiller in Austria, gave a solo concert in the Mozart Hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus . He gave his first concert in Helsinki in 1949. In 1953 he played for the first time in Paris . Concerts in West Germany and London followed a year later - with sensational success. He made his US debut in 1955 at Carnegie Hall . In 1969 he played with the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig as part of a gala concert to mark the 250th anniversary of the Breitkopf & Härtel music publisher and in the same year recorded a famous recording of Ludwig van Beethoven's Triple Concerto conducted by Herbert in Berlin with Mstislaw Rostropowitsch and Swjatoslaw Richter von Karajan before.

As a soloist at world premieres of important violin concertos, among others by Aram Chatschaturjan , Nikolai Mjaskowski and Dmitri Shostakowitsch , he is of great musical historical importance. He was also considered a specialist in the violin concertos by Sibelius , Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev and was a sought-after chamber musician .

Teaching

In 1934 Dawid Oistrach received a teaching position at the Moscow Conservatory . His most important students include, in addition to his son Igor Oistrach , Viktor Pikaisen , Gidon Kremer , Liana Issakadze, Nina Beilina, Oleg Kagan , Michael Vaiman , Lazar Gosman and Gustav Schmahl .

Awards

meaning

After the Second World War, Oistrakh was one of the best-known classical interpreters of the Soviet Union in the West, along with the pianist Swjatoslaw Richter and the cellist Mstislaw Rostropovich , thanks to numerous concert tours and award-winning recordings. To this day, numerous recordings by Oistrach are regarded as outstanding examples of the combination of brilliant technology with profound and sensitive work interpretation.

Instruments

David Oistrakh played from about 1935 to the early 1950s, the Yusupov - Stradivari (1736), then from 1947 on the Havemann Stradivarius of 1719. Then he played from 1955, which was acquired by him Berou Stradivarius. In 1959 he acquired the Conte de Fontana (better known under the name Peterlongo ) from 1702, which he exchanged seven years later (1966) for the Marsick Stradivarius from 1705. He played this violin until his death. His viola was an Andrea Guarneri . He preferred German bows and from 1929 played on a Nürnberger, but also appreciated the Markneukirchen bow makers Dölling and Hermann.

Quote

“I never want to be without the violin, I am often asked if I am not feeling too much. It's strange, I almost want to say that I was born with the instrument. The game has always been easy for me. I never see practice as work. "

- David Oistrakh

Works dedicated to Dawid Oistrach

literature

  • Dirk Nabering: David and Igor Oistrach , (Berlin, Rembrandt Verlag, 1968)
  • Evelyn Richter : David Oistrach. A work portrait. (Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 1973) Photographs by Evelyn Richter with an essay by Ernst Krause
  • Ingeborg Stiehler: David Oistrach: Encounters (Edition Peters, Leipzig 1989)
  • Tully Potter: David Oistrach , CD booklet, 1997, Testament Edition, England

Web links

Commons : David Oistrach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / naftali.livejournal.com
  2. ^ Events of Moscow artists. July 24th - July 28th (1945). (Pictorial representation). 1 sheet poster. Sn, s. l. 1945, OBV . - Image .
  3. ^ Vita of Nina Beilina
  4. ↑ a b c d Dawid Oistrach on the Moscow Conservatory website. Retrieved July 8, 2018 (Russian).
  5. ↑ a b c Dawid Oistrach - biography. Retrieved July 11, 2018 (Russian).
  6. ↑ Dawid Oistrach on the Grammy Awards homepage. Accessed July 8, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Quoted from H. Broder , Jüdischer Kalender 2010-2011 , October 24th / 16th. Cheshwan
personal data
SURNAME Oistrach, David Fyodorovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ойстрах, Давид Фёдорович (Russian); Oistrach, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian violinist
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Odessa
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1974
Place of death Amsterdam