Veniamin Savelyevich Margolin — a soloist and teacher is one of the most famous musicians in Russia. Born in Petrograd in 1922, he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory and became a member of the Kirov Opera and Ballet House Orchestra and, for twenty seven years (1947–1974), he was a soloist with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Margolin is an Honoured Artist of Russia and Professor of St Petersburg Conservatory.