Boris Belkin

Boris Belkin
Birth name	Boris Davidovič Belkin (Борис Давидович Белкин)
Born	January 26, 1948 Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Violinist
Instruments	Violin
Notable instruments
Violin Stradivarius ex USSR State Collection Guadagnini 1754 Regazzi 1994 / Regazzi 2007 Bows Etienne Pajeot 1812 Daniel Tobias Navea Vera 2009

Boris Belkin (born January 26, 1948) is a Soviet-born violin virtuoso.

He was taught by Isaac Stern and Yuri Yankelevich.

As a child prodigy he began studying the violin at the age of six, and made his first public appearance with Kirill Kondrašin when he was seven. He studied at the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory with Professors Yuri Yankelevich Felix Andrievsky and Isaac Stern. While still a student he played all over the Soviet Union with leading national orchestras, and in 1973 won first prize at the Soviet National competition for Violinists. However, he was not granted a visa to participate in the 1971 nor 1973 Paganini Competitions in Italy, and he decided to emigrate to Israel in 1974. He moved on to London, Paris and back to London. He met his Belgian wife at a Yehudi Menuhin festival in Switzerland and settled in Liège. By 1990 he had become a Belgian citizen.

In 1974 he emigrated to the west and since then has performed all over the world with many of the leading orchestras including the Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and all major British Orchestras.

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