He began studying the violin at Odessa at the prestigious Stoliarsky School of Music
and furthered his studies with D. Oistrach at the Tchaikovsky Music Conservatory,
Moscow. In 1972, he won the USSR National Violin Competition. In 1978, he was awarded
the Bronze Medal in the P. I. Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition and voted
best interpreter. In 1984, he won the first prize at the Viotti International
Competition in Italy. Since then, he has given recitals and played solo violin in the
most important concert halls in the USSR, Europe, Canada and the USA. Since 1979, he
has taught at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and, as of 1987, at the Sibelius
Academy in Finland. His students have won awards in numerous national and international
competitions.
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