Famous and great virals-virtuosos of the XX century. Stilman A.

The famous violinist Arthur Stilman, who played for many years in the Bolshoi Theater orchestra in Moscow and in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, described his excitingly interesting life and meetings with great musicians in the books of the memoirs that were published in the publishing house "Aletaea"-"In The Bolshoi Theater and the Metro-Opera. Years of life in Moscow and New York ”(2015) and“ The history of the violinist. Moscow. Years of fear, years of hope. 1935-1979 "(2017).

The author devoted his book to the famous and great virapians-virtuoses of the 20th century, giving tribute to the musicians and teachers with whom he studied all of them your creative life. Josev Joachim, Ferdinand Laub, Eugene Izai, Fritz Kreisler, Leopold Auer - legendary founders of the tradition of modern performing art.

The author paid special attention to domestic violin schools, in particular, Abram Ilyich Yampolsky, professor of the Moscow Conservatory. Busya Goldstein, Misha Elman, Miron Polyakin, David Ostrakh - the most vivid stars from among the great and famous virtuoso, which the author wrote about. Separately and in detail it is told about the unprecedented violin dynasty of Ostrachi and the amazing phenomenon of the unfading glory of David Oistach, whose interest in the work of which was the global trend. The great are not always famous, very interesting chapters dedicated to the so -called "unknown" American violinists.

The book is saturated with interesting illustrations, most of which are provided by the author from the personal archive.