Alexander Ivashkin

Alexander Ivashkin, was a Russian cellist, writer, academic and conductor. He was a professor of music and the Chair of Performance Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London since 1999, the director of the Centre for Russian Music, and the curator of the Alfred Schnittke Archive. In 1996, he published the first English-language biography of the composer Alfred Schnittke.

17 August 1948

Born on the same birth day (17 August): Colin James • David Conrad • Jiang Zemin • Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen • João Donato • Jüri Luik • Kevin Rowland • Lalla Carlsen • Liam Heath • Lothar Bisky • Marcus Garvey • Mike Lewis (musician) • Nicola Porpora • Robin Cousins • Steve Gorman • Tarja Turunen • Vivienne de Watteville

Born in the same month (August 1948): Cliff Branch • Deborah Swallow • Don Boyd • Elizabeth Wilmshurst • Fred Hampton • Greg Chappell • Harald Ertl • Holger Osieck • John Mehler • Kathleen Battle • Ledward Kaapana • Lev Zelyony • Marty Appel • Mike Jorgensen • Patsy Gallant • Pierre Reid • Rudolf Schenker • Rudy Ruettiger • Svetlana Savitskaya • Tapan Sarkar