Valentin Alexandrowitsch Berlinski
Walentin Alexandrowitsch Berlinski (also: Walentin Berlinskij ; Russian Валентин Александрович Берлинский ; born January 19, 1925 in Irkutsk ; † December 15, 2008 in Moscow ) was a Russian cellist and founding member of the Borodin Quartet .
Life
He began his education under the guidance of his father before he could study in the Central Music School in Moscow in the class of EM Gendlin. From 1947 he attended the Moscow Conservatory and in 1952 he became a candidate / aspirant at the State Music Pedagogical Institute, the Gnessin Institute Moscow . Here he attended the cello class under SM Kosolubow. Since 1970 he has taught at the Russian Academy of Music in the fields of cello and chamber ensemble. There he became a professor in 1980. He played in various domestic and foreign string quartets, for example in the Moz Art Quartet in Saratow .
Berlinski was 2006 Officer of the Legion of Honor of France . He was also appointed People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1974 and received the State Prize of the USSR in 1986 . The post-reunification Russia honored him in 2000 with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland IV class. In 1968 the entire Borodin Quartet received the RSFSR's Glinka State Prize
For over 60 years, Berlinski was the cellist and leader of the Borodin Quartet , which he founded at the Moscow Philharmonic in 1945.
CD
- Borodin Quartet , Ludwig van Beethoven, Complete String Quartets, Chandos 8 CDs
literature
- Storm Bull: Index to biographies of contemporary composers . (Vol. II). Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, NJ 1974.
- Kurtz Myers (Ed.): Index to record reviews . GK Hall, Boston, Ma. 1980.
- Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky: The Mercury labels. A discography . (Vol. V, record and artist indexes). Greenwood Press, Westport, Ct. 1993.
Web links
- Valentin Berlinsky, Mainstay Cellist of the Borodin Quartet, Dies at 83 . In: The New York Times , December 25, 2008 (accessed January 29, 2010)
- Obituary Valentin Berlinsky . In: The Daily Telegraph , December 23, 2008 (accessed January 29, 2010)
- Founder of the Legendary Borodin Quartet, cellist Valentin Berlinsky Passes Away
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berlinski, Valentin Alexandrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berlinsky, Valentin; Berlinskij, Valentin Aleksandrovič; Берлинский, Валентин Александрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian cellist and founding member of the Borodin Quartet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Irkutsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2008 |
| Place of death | Moscow |