Boris Goldstein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Boris Goldstein

Ukrainian musician

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1922

Place of Birth: Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 08-Nov-1987

Profession: musician, violinist, university teacher, music pedagogue

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Boris Goldstein (Busya Goldshtein) (25 December 1922 – 8 November 1987) was a Soviet violinist whose career was greatly hindered by the political situation in the USSR.
As a young prodigy, he started violin studies in Odessa with the eminent pedagogue, Pyotr Stolyarsky and continued them in Moscow Conservatory under Abram Yampolsky and Lev Tseitlin.
As a teenager, Boris Goldstein, was singled out by Heifetz as being USSR's most brilliant violin talent.