Tsar David: A album book about the life and work of David Ostrakh. Yuzefovich V.A.

human memory is often ungrateful. The artist leaves, and his name is covered with a veil of oblivion. David Oistrakh is a joyful exception. The violinist, who was called during his life “King David”, and more than forty after his death remains an idol for many musicians and lovers of music around the world. The sound of the violin Ostrakh warmed the souls of the listeners and continues to warm them thanks to the grams of his richest discographic heritage. The release of the album book “Tsar David” meets the invariably growing interest in the life and work of Ostrakh, to his human individuality.

, not every separate photograph can become a mirror of the artist’s inner world. However, the sum of the photos included in the album “Tsar David” displays everything that was the essence of the life of the Ostrakh-man and musician: classes on the violin and study of the scored, rehearsals and concerts of the violin, ensembles and conductor in the largest cultural centers of the USSR and the world, Work with numerous students, communication with colleagues, friends, family members. Photos are commented on by fragments of articles, letters and memoirs of David Fedorovich himself, statements about him and his art colleagues, students, wife Tamara Ivanovna Oistrakh and son Igor Davidovich Oistrakh. “Tsar David” is a album book, the visual and textual ranks of which recreate the path of the musician in the context of his time, the life of his country, help to penetrate his creative laboratory, psychological world, understand his personality, character, human addictions.

< P> The author of the project and the compiler of the album book Viktor Yuzefovich is a musicologist, a theater, cultural historian, the author of books about Vadim Borisovsky, Arama Khachaturian, Sergey Kusevitsky-has been studying the life and work of David Ostrakh for about half a century. His book "David Ostrakh. Conversations with Igor Oistrach ”first appeared in the late 70s of the last century and withstood many publications in the USSR, Russia, Germany, England, Hungary, and Bulgaria. In 2017, a new, expanded and supplemented publication of the book is being prepared for publication. With lectures on David Ostrakh, Viktor Yuzefovich performed at many universities and conservatories of Russia and America.