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David Oistrakh – The International Jewish Violinist – Photograph with Long Dedication in his Handwriting and with his Signature - Oistrakh, the renowned violinist, was born in 1908 in Odessa, Ukraine. As a child, he studied violin with Pyotr Stolyarsky. His made his debut when he was only six year old! His progress was quick and therefore, like other talented artists, he was forbidden to leave the Soviet Union. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, he went to the front lines to play for the soldiers in order to encourage them before the battle. Since 2000, the ”David Oistrakh Festival” takes place in Perno, Estonia in his memory. Since 2006, a yearly competition of Violinists in his name takes place in Moscow.