Marine Jashvili

Marine Jashvili (; also known as Marine Yashvili and Marina Yashvili, the latter forms reflecting Russian transliteration; Russian: Маринэ Луарсაბовна Яшвили; 2 October 1932, Tbilisi – 9 July 2012, Moscow) was a Georgian violinist and professor, regarded as one of the major figures of the Russian violin school in the 20th century. She was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory for more than five decades and was named People's Artist of the Georgian SSR, Honoured Artist of Russia, and recipient of Georgia's Shota Rustaveli State Prize. A prize winner at the Kubelík International Competition, the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, and the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition, she was among the first Georgian classical musicians to achieve international recognition through major European competitions. She was a sister of violinist Nana Jashvili and aunt of violinist Gia Jashvili.

Early life and family Jashvili was born in Tbilisi into a distinguished Georgian musical family. Her father, Luarsab Seitovich Jashvili, was a Georgian violinist, violist, and long-serving professor at the Tbilisi Conservatory, and an Honoured Art Worker of the Georgian SSR. Georgian biographical sources describe Marine Jashvili as both his daughter and pupil. All three of his daughters — Marine, Irine, and Nana — became professional violinists. Marine began violin studies with her father at the age of six. At nine she made her stage debut at the Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi, performing the Beriot concerto with orchestra under conductor Alexander Gauk. By the age of eleven she was performing regularly. During the Second World War she gave solo concerts for troops at the front, for which she was awarded the Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus at the age of thirteen. David Oistrakh, upon hearing the teenage Jashvili, remarked: "This young violinist possesses virtuosic abilities and a colourful, artistic temperament." Education In 1948 Jashvili graduated from the Paliashvili Music School in Tbilisi. From 1951 to 1954 she studied at the Moscow Conservatory in the class of Konstantin Mostras, a central figure of the Russian violin tradition and teacher of Ivan Galamian. Mostras praised his student for her "beautiful, full tone, highly developed sense of style, strict and sustained interpretation, nobility of taste, musical initiative, and genuine virtuosity." In 1957 she completed her postgraduate studies (aspirantura) at the Conservatory, subsequently serving as assistant to Mostras. Queen Elizabeth Music Competition, Brussels, 1955 — prize winner. David Oistrakh, a jury member, wrote: "The undoubted talent of Marine Yashvili, her impeccable mastery and the creative temperament of the young artist were duly appreciated by the jury." People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1967) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1971) State Prize of the Georgian SSR named after Z.P. Paliashvili (1975) Merited Worker of Polish Culture (1996) Order of Honour of Georgia (1996) Honoured Artist of Russia (1997) Shota Rustaveli State Prize (2003) Death Marine Jashvili died on 9 July 2012 in Moscow.