| Code | DS/UK/15076 |
| Name | Belkin; Boris (26 January 1948); Russian (Soviet) violinist |
| Variations of Name | Boris Davidovich Belkin |
| Dates | 26 January 1948 |
| Gender | Male (cisgender) |
| Place of Birth/Origin | Sverdlovsk, Soviet Russia, USSR (born - now Russia) |
| Biography | Boris Belkin is a Soviet-born violin virtuoso.
As a child prodigy he began studying the violin at the age of six, and made his first public appearance with Kirill Kondrain 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. |