Soviet-Jewish violinist Nelli Shkolnikova was born on this day in 1928. A student of Lillia Kossodo and Yuri Yankelevich, she served on faculty at the Gnessin State Musical College, the Victorian

Russian violin virtuoso Nelli Shkolnikova died on this day in 2010, aged 81. A student of Lillia Kossodo and Yuri Yankelevich, Ms Shkolnikova was a former

A student of Leopold Auer, Maestro Yankelevich served a long term Professorship at the Moscow Conservatory – his famed students including Boris Belkin, Dora Schwarzberg,

Chinese-born violinist and violist Xi Yang has passed away from colon cancer - aged just 56. A graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where