Alexander Stogorsky was a Soviet cellist and music teacher. He was born in Yekaterinoslav on February 26, 1910, and was the brother of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.
He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1934, where he studied cello with Mikhail Yampolsky, and completed postgraduate studies under him in 1936. From 1934 to 1941, Stogorsky was a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic, and from 1934 to 1948 he was a soloist with the Touring Bureau. He gave the first performances of cello concertos by Vasily Zolotaryov, Alexander Mosolov, and Alexander Bogatyryov, each dedicated to him. In 1937, he won sixth prize at the First All-Union Competition of Performing Musicians in Moscow.
Stogorsky taught cello at the Moscow Conservatory, first as an assistant from 1936 to 1941 and then as an associate professor. He taught at the Ural Conservatory from 1941 to 1943, the Gorky Conservatory from 1946 to 1954, and the Belarusian Conservatory from 1954 to 1962, becoming a professor there in 1961. From 1963 to 1984, he was a professor at the Gnessin State Musical and Pedagogical Institute in Moscow. He prepared performance and editorial editions of cello works, wrote introductory essays for music collections, and published articles in journals. He died in Moscow on January 6, 1987.
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