When Rudolf Barshai first took the podium to conduct the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in a 1985 performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 8, it was clear immediately that he was something special.

Rudolf Barshai, who has died aged 86, was the leading Russian viola player of his generation and an important conductor, particularly in the music of Dmitri Shostakovich; he emigrated to Israel in ...

Russian-born conductor Rudolf Barshai, who was a contemporary of composers Shostakovich and Prokofiev, has died at his home in Switzerland aged 86. He had been in ill health for some time but ...

One of the more enterprising discs of the Shostakovich centenary year unites three substantial works written in 1946: Shostakovich’s Third String Quartet (played trenchantly in the Rudolf Barshai ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Israeli music lovers may soon enjoy the talents of one of the Soviet Union’s leading musicians. Rudolf Barshai, who founded the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in 1955, said on his arrival here today that he ...

Rudolf Barshai, who has died aged 86, was the leading Russian viola player of his generation and an important conductor, particularly in the music of Dmitri Shostakovich; he emigrated to Israel in ...

Russian-born conductor Rudolf Barshai, who was a contemporary of composers Shostakovich and Prokofiev, has died at his home in Switzerland aged 86. He had been in ill health for some time but ...

Russian conductor and violist Rudolf Barshai has died in Switzerland, aged 86. Born in Krasnordar Krai in 1924, Barshai studied violin, viola and conducting at the Moscow Conservatoire. Barshai was a ...

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