Igor Oistrakh

[3] He began studying violin with Valeria Merenbloom at age 6,[4] though his main teacher was his father.

[5][6] In 1943, the 12-year-old Oistrakh enrolled in the Central Music School, Moscow, studying with Pyotr Stolyarsky who had taught both his father and Nathan Milstein.

[4] He made his concert debut in 1948;[7] the next year he won the International Violin Competition in Budapest and enrolled in the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

Beginning in 1996, Oistrakh held the post of Professor of the Royal Conservatory in Brussels.

[3][9] On 14 August 2021, Oistrakh died at age 90; however, media generally reported this on 1 September 2021.