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Also Known As David Fyodorovich Oistrakh
Born September 30, 1908 • Odesa • Ukraine
Died October 24, 1974 (aged 66) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (1974) • Grammy Award (1970)
Notable Family Members son Igor Oistrakh
Isaac Stern, 1966.
Isaac Stern
American violinist
Heifetz, Jascha
Jascha Heifetz
American musician
Milstein, Nathan
Nathan Milstein
American violinist
Sviatoslav Richter, 1961.
Sviatoslav Richter
Russian musician
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian musician
Skaggs, Ricky
Ricky Skaggs
American musician
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Anne-Sophie Mutter
German musician
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn
American musician
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
American musician
Menuhin.
Yehudi Menuhin, Lord Menuhin of Stoke d’Abernon
American violinist and conductor
Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
American musician
Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American musician
Neville Marriner, on the cover of Mozart Overtures, released by EMI and Capitol Records, 1982.
Neville Marriner
British musician
Bob Wills
American musician
Lorin Maazel
American conductor
Pinchas Zukerman
Israeli-American violinist
Roy Acuff.
Roy Acuff
American musician
Henryk Szeryng
Polish musician
Leopold Auer
Hungarian violinist