# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-oistrakh
# Generated: 2026-09-01T11:20:08.967Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in September 1908, David Fyodorovich Oistrakh came up through the Soviet music establishment and landed a professorship at the Moscow Conservatory. He collaborated with orchestras across continents and became the dedicatee of some of the era's defining violin works: both Shostakovich concerti, the Khachaturian concerto. In 1953 he was named People's Artist of the USSR; seven years later came the Lenin Prize. He also took up the viola and conducting. He died in October 1974, leaving a recorded legacy that still defines what the instrument can do.