Education
He studied four years at the Merzliyakovsky College before entering the Moscow Conservatory, where he earned an Aspirantura diploma.
He studied four years at the Merzliyakovsky College before entering the Moscow Conservatory, where he earned an Aspirantura diploma.
Landsman started studying the violin at age five. By the time he was 12, following David Oistrakh"s recommendation, he had entered the Moscow Music School where he worked several years with Yuri Yankelevich. He then worked as a soloist at the Moscow State Philharmonic Society under the direction of such renowned conductors as Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Evgeny Svetlanov.
He has since enjoyed an international career as a soloist, performing frequently throughout the world.
In 1973 he emigrated to Israel, and shortly thereafter to Canada, of which he became a naturalized citizen in 1981. Since 1975, Landsman has taught at the Music Faculty of the University of Montreal, where he is currently an associate professor