Lydia Mordkovitch

Lydia Mordkovitch (née Shtimerman; 30 April 1944 – 9 December 2014) was a Russian violinist. Lydia was born in Saratov, Russia, on 30 April 1944. She returned with her parents to Kishinev after the war. In 1960, she moved to Odesa, where she studied at the Stolyarsky School of Music until 1962, with Veniamin Mordkovitch (whose son she would marry).