Samvel Alumyan was a Soviet-Armenian classical pianist and frequent collaborator with a violinist many considered to be among the greatest violinists of what?
Leonid Kogan Leonid Borisovich Kogan (Russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Ко́ган ; Ukrainian: Леонід Борисович Коган ; November 14, 1924 – December 17, 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider him to be among the greatest violinists of the 20th century. In particular, he is considered to have been one of the greatest representatives of the Soviet School of violin playing.
Sergei Aslamazyan Sergei Zakharovich Aslamazyan, also Aslamazian (Armenian: Սերգեյ Զաքարի Ասլամազյան , Russian: Серге́й Захарович Асламазя́н ; 27 January 1897 – 27 September 1978) was a Soviet Armenian cellist, composer, People's Artist of Armenian SSR (1945), awarded the Stalin Prize (1946). He was a co-founder and a member of Komitas Quartet from 1925 to 1968. He was the author of quartet versions of Komitas works. From 1947 he was a professor at Moscow State Conservatory.