Yuri Yankelevich (Russian: Юрий Исаевич Янкелевич) (7 March 1909 – 22 September 1973)[1] was a Soviet violin pedagogue who taught many internationally known virtuosos during his long tenure at the Moscow Conservatory.
His father, Isay Leontyevich Yankelevich, a prominent lawyer, was one of the founders of the Omsk Philharmonic Society.
In Omsk, young Yuri studied with Leopold Auer's student, Anisim Berlin,[2] a grandfather of Natalia Gutman.
On Yankelevich's graduation composer Alexander Glazunov commented: "a career of a virtuoso violinist would certainly be his calling".
In 1932 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory under professor Abram Yampolsky, and finished his doctorate degree in 1937.