Veniamin Fleishman

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Veniamin Iossifowitsch Fleishman, (Russian: Вениами́н Ио́сифович Фле́йшман, July 20, 1913, Bezhetsk, Tver Oblast – September 14, 1941, Krasnoye Selo, Leningrad Oblast) was a Russian composer. While studying under Dmitri Shostakovich at the Leningrad Conservatory (1939-1941), he began a one-act opera Rothschild's Violin based on Anton Chekhov’s short story about Bronza, a Russian country coffin-maker and violinist, and his combative relationship with the Jewish musicians in his village. At the outbreak of World War II Fleishman volunteered for the front and was killed before he could complete the work. In memory of his talented student, Shostakovich rescued the manuscript from besieged Leningrad, finished it and orchestrated it in 1943-1944. Shostakovich dated his completion of the score February 5, 1944. Later, he exerted influence so that the opera should be published and performed. The opera's World Premiere concert performance took place on June 20, 1960, at the USSR Union of Composers, Moscow with the soloists and members of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. The opera was first staged in April 1968, Leningrad at the Experimental Studio of Chamber Opera. The artistic director was Solomon Volkov, and the conductor Maxim Shostakovich. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Rothschild's Violin

Gennady Rozhdestvensky Edition

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Rothschild's Violin (Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky)

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Rothschild´s violin

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