Veniamin Savelyevich Margolin (russian: Вениамин Савельевич Марголин, 12 January 1922,

Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 19 March 2009, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian classical trumpeter and music teacher. He was the principal trumpeter at the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and professor of trumpet at the

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

. Veniamin Margolin started to play the trumpet at the age of 11 years. From 1944 to 1947 he played at the

Kirov Orchestra The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra or just the Mariinsky Orchestra (formerly known as the Kirov Orchestra) is located in the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The orchestra was founded in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great, it ...

(nowadays it is known as Mariinsky Orchestra) despite not having higher musical education at that time. In 1952 he graduated from the

, where he studied with professors Alexander Schmidt and Mikhail Vetrov. In 1947 Margolin became a trumpeter of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky. He was an important part of the classic era of Leningrad Philharmonic of the Fifties, Sixties and the Seventies as well as some other renowned brass soloists: horn player

Vitaly Buyanovsky Vitaly Mikhailovich Bujanovsky or Buyanovsky (russian: link=no, Виталий Михайлович Буяновский; 27 August 1928, in Leningrad – 5 May 1993, in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian classical horn player, music teacher a ...

, trombonist

Akim Kozlov Akim Alekseïevitch Kozlov (in russian: Аким Алексеевич Козлов) (9 September 1908 – 22 November 1992) was a Soviet trombonist. Born in Yarygino, in the Sychyovsky Uyezd of the Smolensk Governorate of the Russian Empire, K ...

, etc. Since 1988 until his death he was a professor of trumpet at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Margolin was also an amateur poet. Several books of his lyrics have been published. Veniamin Margolin died on 19 March 2009 at the age of 87. He was buried at the Smolensky Cemetery in St. Petersburg.

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Remembering Veniamin Savelyevich Margolin (1922—2008)
''Compiled by Iskander Akhmadullin''

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