About Boris Gutnikov
Lived 1931 – 1986 (aged 54). Boris Gutnikov was a Russian violinist and musician.
Boris Lvovich Gutnikov (Russian: Борис Львович Гу́тников) (4 July 1931 in Vitebsk – 6 April 1986 in Leningrad) was a Soviet violinist, born in the Byelorussian SSR.
He won the 1957 Long-Thibaud Competition and, most notably, the 1962 International Tchaikovsky Competition. He had been appointed a teacher at the Leningrad Conservatory soon before.
Andrei Petrov composed in 1987 his Memoria for violin and ensemble in memoriam Gutnikov.
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Who was Boris Gutnikov?
Russian musician (1931–1986)
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Boris Gutnikov was born on 4 July 1931 in Vitebsk.
When did Boris Gutnikov die?
Boris Gutnikov died on 6 April 1986 in Saint Petersburg.
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Boris Gutnikov was a violinist and musician.
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Boris Gutnikov was Russian.
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