Semyon Snitkovsky
Semyon Snitkovsky (Rus: Семён Снитковский; August 9, 1933 in Odessa – April 4, 1981 in Moscow) - was a Soviet classical violinist and a professor. Biography Semyon (Semion) Snitkovsky's formal music education began in 1940 at Stolyarsky Music School. After an ensuing hiatus that was brought on by World War II, he was accepted into a class of Veniamin Zinovievich Mordkovich. In three years he performed his first solo recital, and in 1951 entered Odessa Conservatory, where he also studied with professor Mordkovich. In the early fifties Snitkovsky was already a soloist with the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1956, after his performance at the recital of the best Ukrainian music colleges' graduates, he became a soloist of the Lviv Philharmonic and a teacher at the Lviv Conservatory. In 1957 Snitkovsky was accepted into the Moscow Conservatory as a postgraduate student. He started studying there with David Oistrakh, and almost immediately became Oistrach's assistant. A few years later he received a doctorate and full professorship at the Conservatory. In 1957 he became a laureate of the All-Union competition, subsequently winning a bronze medal at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow. 1958 brought his first international success, at the