Biography:

Victor Alexandrovich Pikayzen (Russian:15 February 1933 – 8 July 2023) was a Russian violinist and teacher.^[1]

Biography

Born in Kyiv on 15 February 1933, Pikayzen began playing the violin at the age of four with his father, a violinist with the Kyiv Opera.^[2] Two years later, he entered the Kyiv Conservatory, where he was taught by Joseph Gutman. From 1941 to 1944, he lived in Alma-Ata as World War II impacted his home. He then moved to Moscow and entered the Gnessin State Musical College, where he was taught by David Oistrakh. He then joined Oistrakh’s class at the Moscow Conservatory. He earned his diploma in 1960.

Pikayzen won second prize at the Jan Kubelík Competition in 1949, 5th at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1955, second at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in 1957, and second at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958. In 1965, he won first prize at the Paganini Competition. From 1966 to 1986, and again starting in 2006, he taught at the Moscow Conservatory.^[3] In 1993, he became a teacher at the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory. He also taught at the Moscow State Institute of Music and the Central Music School . He served on the jury of numerous music competitions.

Victor Pikayzen died on 8 July 2023, at the age of 90.^[4]

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