School of Stolyarsky

Who is School of Stolyarsky?

School of Stolyarsky is a music school established in Odessa, Ukraine in 1933 by the initiation and vision of the eminent violin pedagogue Pyotr Stolyarsky. To be admitted to the school, a young child had to have a perfect pitch and go through a series of rigorous evaluations aimed at measuring her innate musical gift.

Fate willed that the fame of Pyotr Stolyarsky, a master violin pedagogue, should reach far beyond Odessa, the city in general, and the entire country. At the start of his career, Stolyarsky offered private violin lessons, which later became the Professor Stolyarsky Special Music School of Odessa.

Among his star pupils were David Oistrakh, Nathan Milstein, Samuil Furer, Boris Goldstein, Elizabeth Gilels, Igor Oistrakh, Mikhail Fikhtengoltz and Eduard Grach who was one of his last pupils. Russian composer Oscar Feltsman also studied in this school.

In the Soviet Union Stolyarsky's name was always associated with the special pedagogic method for professional instruction in music for gifted children. Stoliarsky had superb personal qualities of a master teacher, highest musical instincts and organizational talent which made it possible for him to attain maximum results. Stoliarsky is one of the founders of the Soviet violin school.