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Moscow Conservatory.
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Mikhail Bezverkhny
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Born in Saint St. Petersburg in 1947, Bezverkhny commenced his violin studies at the age of 5 at the Central Music School of the Conservatory of Saint St. Petersburg. He was a student of Liubov Segal (student of Leopold Auer) and Jacob Riabinkov. In 1965 he started his studies at the Moscow Conservatory under Yuri Yankelevich - one of the most prominent violin professors of the 20th century.
He also studied with Maya Gleyzarova, Abram Shtern and Nahum Latinsky.
He is laureate of several international competitions:
1967: 2nd prize Wieniawski Competition
1969: 2nd prize chamber music competition in Munich
1972: 2nd prize violin competition in Montreal
1972: 1st prize chamber music competition in Belgrade
1974: 1st prize chamber music competition in Budapest
1976: 1st prize Queen Elisabeth Competition Brussels
In 1978 he was barred from leaving the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. In February 1990 he settled in Belgium. During all these years he has been very intensely active as a violinist, a violist, a composer, a director and an actor.
His students include amongst others Dmitri Berlinsky. As a composer, he wrote a virtuoso Suite Gambrinus for violin and piano.
Membership
Since October 1992, Bezverkhny has been a member of the Shostakovich Trio, and his recordings for Melodya and Deutsche Grammophon now number more than forty.
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