Stoliarsky, Piotr (Solomonovich)

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Stoliarsky, Piotr (Solomonovich)

Stoliarsky, Piotr (Solomonovich), significant Russian violin pedagogue; b. Lipovets, near Kiev, Nov. 30, 1871; d. Sverdlovsk, April 29, 1944. He began his violin training with his father, then studied with S. Barcewica at the Warsaw Cons. and with E. Mlynarski and Josef Karbulka at the Odessa Music School (graduated, 1898). He played violin in the Odessa Opera orch. (1898–1914), and also taught in his own music school (from 1911). In 1920 he joined the faculty of the Odessa Cons., where he was made a prof. in 1923; opened another school for talented youths that was the first of its kind in the Soviet Union (1933). His role in musical pedagogy was similar to that of Auer in training students from limited backgrounds to attain international stature as virtuosi; among his notable pupils were Oistrakh, Gilels, and Milstein.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire