Russian Violin Virtuoso Andrei Korsakov Died On This Day in 1991 – Aged Just 44 [ON-THIS-DAY]

Russian violin virtuoso and pedagogue Andrei Korsakov died on this day in 1991 – aged just 44

January 19, 2017

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Russian violin virtuoso and pedagogue Andrei Korsakov died on this day in 1991 – aged just 44.

A protégé of Boris Belenky and Leonid Kogan, Maestro Korsakov was a former prize winner at the Queen Elisabeth, Paganini, Jacques Thibaud and Montreal International Violin Competitions – and served as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.