Today we will tell you who Leonid Kogan is. His biography will be examined further in detail. It's about the Soviet violinist and teacher. He was a laureate of the Lenin Prize.
Biography
Kogan Leonid Borisovich - violinist, who was bornin Yekaterinoslav, on the territory of present-day Ukraine, in 1924 (November 14). Parents - Boris Semenovich (photographer) and Sofia Lvovna. He studied in Moscow from 1933. Since 1936 he attended the Central Music School. He was a pupil of the class of AI Yampolsky. He graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory. Tchaikovsky in 1948 and in 1953 - postgraduate study. In 1944 he became a soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic. Was a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory. Since 1963 he became a professor. Was in the CPSU.
Among the students of our hero were VG Igolinsky, IA Medvedev, VI Zhuk, I. Kh. Grubert, NL Yashvili, AB Korsakov, and other famous violinists. Kogan Leonid Borisovich - one of the most prominent representatives in the Soviet violin school. He belonged to the "romantic-virtuoso" of its wing. Our hero always gave a lot of concerts. Often, even while studying at the conservatory, he toured abroad.
In the repertoire of our hero in almost equalproportions were presented to all the main positions of the violin art. It also had modern music. This outstanding violinist is devoted to the musical works of Khachaturian, Khrennikov, Karayev, Weinberg, Jolivet. For him, D. Shostakovich began to create a third concert, unrealized. Our hero was an unsurpassed performer of N. Paganini's works.
Leonid Borisovich Kogan passed away in 1982,17 December. The cause was a heart attack. It happened in Mytishchi, near Moscow, in a train that followed Yaroslavl from the capital. There our hero planned to perform with his son.
A family
Kogan Leonid Borisovich was married to a violinistElizaveta Gilels - the sister of the pianist Emil Gilels. Son Pavel became the conductor and artistic director of MGASO. Nina - the daughter of our hero - was born in 1954, April 25. She is a teacher of the Moscow Conservatory and a pianist. Kogan Dmitry Pavlovich is the grandson of Leonid Borisovich. He became a soloist of the Philharmonic, a violinist. Victoria Kogan-Korchinskaya is a granddaughter. She is a laureate of international competitions, a pianist. The grandson of our hero - Daniel Milkis - became a violinist.
Awards and titles
Kogan Leonid Borisovich won the first prize in1947 at the International Competition in Prague, held as part of the World Festival of Youth and Students. The musician was awarded the Order of Lenin. Received the first prize in 1951 at the International Competition in Brussels. Queen Elizabeth. In 1955 he became a deserved artist of the RSFSR. Kogan Leonid Borisovich was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. In 1964 he was awarded the title of "People's Artist of the RSFSR". His concert and performing activities in 1965 was awarded the Lenin Prize. In 1966 he became People's Artist of the USSR.
He has many medals. He is an honorary member of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. He starred in the movie "The Night at the Mod", he is devoted to a documentary film "The Violin of Leonid Kogan." Also, the audience saw him in the picture "Niccolo Paganini" (1982). Another documentary was published in 2009. It is called "Leonid Kogan. Unrepeatable. "
