Boris Belkin began studying the violin at the age of six, and made his first public appearance when he was seven with Kyrill Kondrashin. He studied first at the Central Music School in the Moscow Conservatory

While still a student Boris Belkin played all over the Soviet Union with leading national orchestras, and in 1973 won first prize in the Soviet National Competition for Violinists. In 1974 he emigrated

Boris Belkin reviews / press Edmonton Symphony Orchestra "... the violin remains isolated within the orchestral hostilities, making for a vivid and chilling first movement, and Belkin's

Boris Belkin discography / recordings