Mark Lubotsky
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Mark_Lubotsky.png/250px-Mark_Lubotsky.png)
Mark Davidovich Lubotsky(Russian:Марк Давыдович Лубоцкий;18 May 1931 – 13 March 2021) was a Russian violinist, music teacher, writer, and memoirist.[1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]Born in Leningrad, the son of surgeon David Naumovich Lubotsky (1899–1967), Lubotsky began violin studies at age 7, in 1938, at the Moscow Central Music School. He continued his music studies at theMoscow Conservatory,where his teachers includedAbram YampolskyandDavid Oistrakh.In 1951, Lubotsky was a prize winner at theWeltjugendfestspielen('World Youth Festival') in Berlin. He later became a teacher at the Gnesin Institute in Moscow.
Lubotsky emigrated to The Netherlands in 1976, where he taught at theSweelinck Conservatoriumin Amsterdam and theRotterdam Conservatory.He later settled in Germany, where he taught at theHochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.[2]Lubotsky was a champion of the music ofAlfred Schnittke,who dedicated several of his works to Lubotsky.[4]
His marriage to Olga Dowbusch-Lubotsky produced two sons,Alexander Markovich Lubotskyand David Markovich Lubotskysky. Lubotsky died in Hamburg.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"Ушел из жизни выдающийся скрипач Марк Лубоцкий".Classicalmusicnews.ru.14 March 2021.Retrieved15 March2021.
- ^abc"Russian violinist Mark Lubotsky has died".The Strad.2021-03-15.Retrieved2022-11-28.
- ^Campbell, Margaret (2001)."Lubotsky, Mark Davidovich".Grove Music Online.doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.17091.ISBN978-1-56159-263-0.Retrieved18 March2021.
- ^"The Russian violinist Mark Lubotsky is dead"(Press release). Sikorski Music. March 2021.Retrieved2022-11-28.