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Performing the Shostakovich Piano Quintet in 1946 with the composer at the piano. From the left: Dubinsky, Berlinsky, Shostakovich, N. Barshay, R. Barshay
East Germany, 1955 - The Quartet's first concert tour outside Russia, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the end of WW2. From the Left: Berlinsky, Alexandrov, Dubinsky, Shebalin
Arriving in Czechoslovakia, 1955. From the left: Alexandrov, Shebalin, Dubinsky, Berlinsky
At the Moscow Conservatoire with Shostakovich, 1958. From the Left: Berlinsky, Shebalin, Shostakovich, Alexandrov, Dublinsky
Performing Piano Quintet's with Richter. From the left: Richter, Berlinsky, Abramenkov, Kopelman, Shebalin
Snape Maltings in 1991 when they were artists in residence at the Aldeburgh Festival. From the left: Abramenkov, Berlinsky, Kopelman, Shebalin
50th anniversary. From the left: Abramenkov, Berlinsky, Kopelman, Shebalin.
Rostropovich and Berlinsky in the Great Conservatoire Hall, Moscow 1995, performing as part of the quartet's 50th anniversary celebrations.
55th anniversary. From the left: Aharonian, Naidin, Abramenkov, Berlinsky
The Quartet with Elisabeth Leonskaja and Antonio Moral. From the left: Berlinsky, Naidin, Leonskaja, Aharonian, Abramenkov, Moral
Valentin Berlinsky, 2005. Photo by Stanley Fefferman
Norwich, 2004. With the kind permission of The Times Newspaper and the artist Peter Brookes.