Abram Ilich Yampolsky was an eminent Soviet violin teacher who nurtured many generations of Russian virtuosos during his tenure at the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...

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He graduated in Petersburg in 1913 in the class of Sergej Korguyev, a pupil and assistant of Leopold Auer

Leopold Auer

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, and was to be a founder of the modern Soviet school.

Pupils include Leonid Kogan, Julian Sitkovetsky

Julian Sitkovetsky

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, Igor Bezrodniy, Boris Goldstein

Boris Goldstein

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, Elizabeth Gilels

Elizabeth Gilels

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, Mikhail Fikhtengoltz

Mikhail fikhtengoltz

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, Yakov Rabinovich, Isaac Zhuk, Mark Lubotsky.
He was the uncle of Izrail Markovich Yampolsky (Kiev, 1905-76 ) who graduated with him in 1930. He also taught Yuri Yankelevich

Yuri Yankelevich

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