Photo: I. Abresh (Life time: 1950) / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Tossy Spivakovsky

トッシー・スピヴァコフスキー　/　とっしー・すぴゔぁこふすきー

Violinist from Russian Empire

December 23, 1906 – July 20, 1998　・　Odesa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire

Kherson Governorate
violinist
musician
music educator

My Take

What grips me about Spivakovsky is not the label of twentieth-century virtuoso, but the geography behind the bow. Born Jewish in Odesa under the Russian Empire, trained in Berlin, and forced to outrun the rise of fascism, he carried his art across collapsing worlds and was still called one of the greatest. To me that is the real story: an instrument as the one constant when nations, languages, and homes were not. I also respect that he taught. A performer's sound fades with the final note, but a teacher seeds it into other hands. That quiet durability is what I admire most here.

Overview

Nathan "Tossy" Spivakovsky (December 23, 1906 [O.S. December 10, 1906] – July 20, 1998), a Jewish, Russian Empire-born, German-trained violin virtuoso, was considered one the greatest violinists of the twentieth century.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Tossy Spivakovsky
Name (Japanese): トッシー・スピヴァコフスキー
Reading: とっしー・すぴゔぁこふすきー
Born: December 23, 1906 – July 20, 1998
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Horse
Origin: Odesa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: violinist / musician / music educator / concertmaster / soloist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Berlin University of the Arts

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC

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