- Birthday
- 1948-01-26
- Place of Birth
- Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Yekaterinburg, Russia]
Boris Belkin
ActingBiography
Boris Davidovich Belkin (Russian: Борис Давидович Белкин; born 26 January 1948) is a Soviet-born violin virtuoso. He was taught by Yuri Yankelevich and Isaac Stern. As a child prodigy he began studying the violin at the age of six, and made his first public appearance with Kirill Kondrašin when he was seven. He studied at the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory with Professors Yuri Yankelevich Felix Andrievsky and Isaac Stern. While still a student he played all over the Soviet Union with leading national orchestras, and in 1973 won first prize at the Soviet National competition ...
