Page 286 - Weiss, Jernej, ur. 2020. Konservatoriji: profesionalizacija in specializacija glasbenega dela ▪︎ The conservatories: professionalisation and specialisation of musical activity. Koper/Ljubljana: Založba Univerze na Primorskem in Festival Ljubljana. Studia musicologica Labacensia, 4
P. 286
konservator iji: profesionalizacija in specializacija glasbenega dela
ist David Oistrakh (1908–1974)59 at the Tchaikovsky Music Conservatory
in Moscow, where he studied between 1957 and 1960. From 1967, he trained
more than one hundred violinists, some of whom are still today members
of the Slovenian symphonic orchestras and violin teachers at several mu-
sic institutions.
Whereas Rupel was mostly active as a soloist and a chamber musi-
cian, another Šlais pupil, Leon Pfeifer, devoted his musical career most-
ly to teaching.60 For fifteen long years, his pupil was Igor Ozim (1931), who
began with his violin lessons at the age of five, and later became a world-
renowned violin pedagogue. In 1951, he won the Carl Flesch Competition,
and in 1953 the ARD competition. He has performed with important in-
ternational orchestras, made many recordings, and been a jury member
at many important violin competitions, such as the Henryk Wieniawski
contest in Poznań. As one of the most sought-after violin teachers in the
world, he has taught many recognized violinists, including the Slovenian
violinist Vladimir Škerlak, who was briefly concertmaster of the RTV Slo-
venia Symphony Orchestra. Four of Ozim’s Slovenian pupils are professors
at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana today, namely Primož Novšak, Vo-
lodja Balžalorsky, Monika Skalar, and Gorjan Košuta. Another of his Slo-
venian pupils was Miran Kolbl, the current concertmaster of the Sloveni-
an Philharmonic Orchestra. Ozim remembered his longtime teacher Leon
Pfeifer with following words:
At the beginning I practiced the exercises that he wrote into my mu-
sic notebook, and probably for that reason I made fast progress. His
lessons through all those years were very meticulous and precise.
He taught left-hand technique very well, and paid attention to the
rhythm and intonation as well. The interpretations were in the style
of the time, very free and romantic, and were mostly based on the
Prague tradition. . . . I have the nicest memories of him and I think
about him with gratitude.61
59 During the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century, the
Prague violin school also reached the Russian empire. Among the pupils of Prague
violinist Josef Karbulka was also Oistrakh’s violin teacher Pyotr Stolyarsky.
60 Miran Satter, “Znanec iz sosednje ulice: Leon Pfeifer,” Ljubljanski dnevnik, Novem-
ber 12th, 1967, 3.
61 Personal correspondence with Igor Ozim on May 5th, 2007.
284
ist David Oistrakh (1908–1974)59 at the Tchaikovsky Music Conservatory
in Moscow, where he studied between 1957 and 1960. From 1967, he trained
more than one hundred violinists, some of whom are still today members
of the Slovenian symphonic orchestras and violin teachers at several mu-
sic institutions.
Whereas Rupel was mostly active as a soloist and a chamber musi-
cian, another Šlais pupil, Leon Pfeifer, devoted his musical career most-
ly to teaching.60 For fifteen long years, his pupil was Igor Ozim (1931), who
began with his violin lessons at the age of five, and later became a world-
renowned violin pedagogue. In 1951, he won the Carl Flesch Competition,
and in 1953 the ARD competition. He has performed with important in-
ternational orchestras, made many recordings, and been a jury member
at many important violin competitions, such as the Henryk Wieniawski
contest in Poznań. As one of the most sought-after violin teachers in the
world, he has taught many recognized violinists, including the Slovenian
violinist Vladimir Škerlak, who was briefly concertmaster of the RTV Slo-
venia Symphony Orchestra. Four of Ozim’s Slovenian pupils are professors
at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana today, namely Primož Novšak, Vo-
lodja Balžalorsky, Monika Skalar, and Gorjan Košuta. Another of his Slo-
venian pupils was Miran Kolbl, the current concertmaster of the Sloveni-
an Philharmonic Orchestra. Ozim remembered his longtime teacher Leon
Pfeifer with following words:
At the beginning I practiced the exercises that he wrote into my mu-
sic notebook, and probably for that reason I made fast progress. His
lessons through all those years were very meticulous and precise.
He taught left-hand technique very well, and paid attention to the
rhythm and intonation as well. The interpretations were in the style
of the time, very free and romantic, and were mostly based on the
Prague tradition. . . . I have the nicest memories of him and I think
about him with gratitude.61
59 During the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century, the
Prague violin school also reached the Russian empire. Among the pupils of Prague
violinist Josef Karbulka was also Oistrakh’s violin teacher Pyotr Stolyarsky.
60 Miran Satter, “Znanec iz sosednje ulice: Leon Pfeifer,” Ljubljanski dnevnik, Novem-
ber 12th, 1967, 3.
61 Personal correspondence with Igor Ozim on May 5th, 2007.
284
