Biography
Dmitry Ferschtman (Moscow, 1945) studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Galina Kozolupova and Natalia Gutman. At the conservatory, he founded the Glinka Quartet with violist Misha Geller, among others, in which he played from 1966 to 1978 and with which he gave hundreds of concerts in the Soviet Union and abroad. In 1978, Ferschtman settled in the Netherlands. He has played countless times as a soloist, performed with conductors such as Frans Brüggen, Kenneth Montgomery, and Edo de Waart, and made many radio recordings. He is also very active in the field of chamber music. With his wife, pianist Mila Baslawskaja, he has given countless recitals and recorded CDs. Dmitry Ferschtman was principal cello teacher at the conservatories of Amsterdam, Utrecht, and The Hague. He currently leads the string quartet class at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
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