Julian Sitkovetsky
Julian 'Grigoryevich Sitkovetsky' was a Soviet violinist.
Biography
Sitkovetsky was born in Kiev. He started violin lesson at age 4, first with his father, then with David Bertie at the Central School in Kiev. As a child prodigy, he was chosen to play for Jacques Thibaud at age 8. One year later, he played the Mendelssohn concerto with the Kiev Symphony. In 1939, he enrolled in the Moscow Central Music School, class of Abram Yampolsky, whose students included Leonid Kogan, Igor Besrodny and Rostislav Dubinsky.In 1945 Julian Sitkovetsky won the All Soviet Union Young Performers Competition of piano, cello and violin. In 1947, he shared First Prize at the Prague Festival with Leonid Kogan and Igor Besrodny.
He married pianist Bella Davidovich in 1950 and their son Dmitry Sitkovetsky was born four years later.
In 1952, he shared second prize in the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition with Wanda Wiłkomirska. In 1955 he won Second Prize at the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition..
Sitkovetsky never toured much, as he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1956. He died in Moscow in 1958 at age 32.