The Modern Novel

Biography

Leonid Girshovich was born in Leningrad in 1948. He studied music at the Moscow Conservatory and then at the Leningrad Conservatory. He later became a violinist in the Leningrad Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. In 1973, he emigrated to Israel and then, in 1980, went to Germany where he is Kammermusiker (honorary title for a distinguished instrumentalist) at the Hanover Opera. He has written novels and works on music.

Other links

Léonid Guirchovitch (in French)
Гиршович, Леонид Моисеевич (in Russian)
Леонид Гиршович (in Russian)
Interview (in Russian)