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): Alexander Briant • Brady Corbet • Dustin Pedroia • Giuliana Rancic • Jean-Bernard Pommier • Johannes Maria Staud • Jonathan Franzen • Josef Dobrovský • Keith Dabengwa • Ken Kwapis • Larry Clinton • Leopold Nowak • Luther Allison • Martin Sandberger • Moses Majekodunmi • Nastasja Schunk • Oksana Domnina • Philibert I, Duke of Savoy • Phoebe Bridgers • Ralph McKittrick • Robert Joy • Rodney Mullen • Theodoros Pangalos (politician)

Born in the same month (August 1948): Atef Bseiso • Bill Campbell (baseball) • David Marks • Deborah Swallow • Fred Hampton • James Street (American football) • Jean-Pierre Raffarin • Joey Spampinato • John Noble • Ken McMullen (film director) • Kim Sung-il (general) • Lewis Black • Lowell Ganz • Rudolf Schenker • Sauli Niinistö • Shin Takamatsu • Tipper Gore • Tom Johnston (musician)