Konstantin (Georgiyevich) Mostras (born Ardzhenka, 16 April 1886; died Moscow, 6 Sept 1965) was a Russian violinist, teacher and composer. He studied at the

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School of Music and Drama until 1914, and later was a teacher there (from 1914 till 1922). During this period he performed in quartets and other ensembles. From 1922 he taught the violin at the

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, where he became head of the violin department, and in 1931 introduced his unique method on violin teaching. From 1922 to 1932 he was one of the directors of

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, the conductorless

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. As a teacher he played a significant role in the development of a Soviet violin school; among his pupils were

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, Mikhail Terian, Andrey Abramenkov and Marina Yashvili. He wrote and edited many instructional works and transcriptions for the violin, including an edition of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto (in collaboration with

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) with a commentary on technique (Moscow, 1947) and studies for solo violin, as well as valuable writings on violin technique.

Writings

*Intonatsiya na skripke ntonation on the violin(Moscow and Leningrad, 1947, 2/1963; Ger. trans., 1961) *Ritmicheskaya distsiplina skripacha he rhythmical discipline of the violinist(Moscow, 1951; Ger. trans., 1959) *Dinamika v skripichnom iskusstve he dynamics of the art of violin playing(Moscow, 1956) *Sistema domashnikh zanyatiy skripacha system of home studies for the violinist(Moscow, 1956) *Metodicheskiy komentariy k 24 kaprisam dlya skripki solo N. Paganini technical commentary on Paganini's 24 Caprices for violin solo(Moscow, 1959) *I.M. Yampol′sky/R

References

Violinists from the Russian Empire Male violinists Soviet violinists 20th-century violinists 1886 births 1965 deaths 20th-century Russian male musicians Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory {{Russia-musician-stub