ON THIS DAY | Violinist Leonid Kogan Was Born On This Day in 1924

Dying in 1982, aged just 58 from a heart attack, he is remembered as one of the foremost virtuoso violinists of all time

Soviet violinist Leonid Kogan was born on this day in 1924.

For much of his performance career he concertized on the 1733 ‘ex-Burmester’ Guarneri del Gesu. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1hpE0ttUzE

LEONID KOGAN | KREISLER | VIENNESE CAPRICE | GENNADY ROZHDESTVENSKY & GRAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Beethoven, L. Van: Violin Concerto / Tchaikovsky, P.I.: Violin Concerto |CD|

Leonid Kogan

Rudolf Kempe & RAI Symphony

Vasili Nebolsin & Radio and Television Grand Symphony

Release Date: January 1, 2008

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