Sviatoslav Knushevitsky [SEP] place of birth
Sviatoslav Knushevitsky
Sviatoslav Nikolayevich Knushevitsky (also seen as Knushevitzky; 19 February 1963) was a Soviet-Russian classical cellist. He was particularly noted for his partnership with the violinist David Oistrakh and the pianist Lev Oborin in a renowned piano trio from 1940 until his death. After Mstislav Rostropovich and Daniil Shafran, he is spoken of as one of the pre-eminent Russian cellists of the 20th century.
Biography.
Sviatoslav Knushevitsky was born at Petrovsk, Saratov Oblast, on . He studied at the Moscow Conservatory with
- John Corigliano, Leonard Rose, and Walter Hendl, under Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, 1949
- David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Knushevitsky, and Lev Oborin, under Sir Malcolm Sargent, Philharmonia Orchestra, 1958
- Yehudi Menuhin, Maurice Gendron, and Hephzibah Menuhin, under István Kertész, London Symphony Orchestra, 1964
- Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, and Eugene Istomin, under Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1964
- David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Sviatoslav Richter, under Herbert von Karajan,