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Also Known As Igor Davidovich Oistrakh
Born April 27, 1931 • Odesa • Ukraine
Died August 14, 2021 (aged 90) • Moscow • Russia
Notable Family Members father David Oistrakh
David Oistrakh
Russian violinist
Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
John Creach
American musician
Leopold Damrosch
German violinist and conductor
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer
Skaggs, Ricky
Ricky Skaggs
American musician
Arcangelo Corelli
Italian musician
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Anne-Sophie Mutter
German musician
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn
American musician
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
American musician
Menuhin.
Yehudi Menuhin, Lord Menuhin of Stoke d’Abernon
American violinist and conductor
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer and violinist
Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
American musician
Heinrich Biber
Bohemian composer
Flesch, Károly
Károly Flesch
Hungarian violinist and teacher
Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American musician
Neville Marriner, on the cover of Mozart Overtures, released by EMI and Capitol Records, 1982.
Neville Marriner
British musician
Isaac Stern, 1966.
Isaac Stern
American violinist