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This article appeared in the April 2010 issue of The Strad
Alongside his friend and colleague David Oistrakh, Leonid Kogan was one of the greatest Soviet violinists of the postwar era.
His inscrutable stage presence, tonal directness and unaffected interpretative clarity combined to create the very model of a modern violin virtuoso.
CHRONOLOGY
1924 Born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
1934 Begins studies at the Central School of Music in Moscow 1941 Offi cial debut playing the Brahms Concerto in Moscow 1942 Marries Elizaveta Gilels
1951 Wins fi rst prize at the Queen Elisabeth competition 1952 Joins the staff at the Moscow Conservatoire
1955 Makes Paris debut with concertos by Mozart (no.3),
Paganini (no.1) and Brahms
1958 Makes US debut at Carnegie Hall with Brahms Concerto
under Monteux
1965 Receives the Lenin Prize
1982 Dies in Mytischi, near Moscow, aged 58