Viktor Liberman, violin
1. Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto.
Viktor Liberman, violin
Leningrad Symphonic Orchestra,
Yuri Simonov, conductor
Grand Hall of Leningrad Philharmonic, Live, 1975
2. Debussy - La fille aux cheveux de lin.
3. Franck - Violin Sonata in D majpr (II)
Viktor Liberman, violin
Evgeny Shenderovich, piano
Rec.1969
Radio Petersburg
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Viktor Liberman
Russian violinist
Viktor Liberman, 68, a Russian-born violinist who gained fame in the former Soviet Union before moving to the Netherlands, has died of liver cancer in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Born in Leningrad in 1931, Liberman began playing the violin at age 6. Before he was 20, he had joined the sity's Philharmonic Orchestra, remaining there for 29 years until he emigrated to the Netherlands in 1979.
On arriving in the West, he joined the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra as concert master with the prestigious Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He led the orchestra until his partial retirement in 1997.
After his last concert, he was named a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion, one of the most prestigious Dutch honors.
In a 1996 interview with the Amsterdam daily Ilet Parool, Liberman said he never felt any affinity with the Communist Party in Soviet Union but did not consider himself a dissident.
"The violin was my life," he said.
Herald-Tribune - 20 июля 1999
