Philippe Hirschhorn

Philippe Hirschhorn (11 June 1946, Riga – 26 November 1996, Brussels) was a Soviet violinist. He won the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in 1967. A citizen of the Soviet Union, he was born in Riga, Latvia and first studied at Darsin music school in Riga with Waldemar Sturestep, later he studied with Michael Waiman at the Conservatoire of St. Petersburg.