Boris Goldstein was a talented Soviet violinist whose music career was greatly hindered by the political situation in the USSR at that time. He won the fourth prize of the 1935 Wieniawski Competition in Warsaw; Ginette Neveu from France came first, David Oistrakh second, and Josef Hassid from Poland received the honorary diploma. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Henryk Wieniawski (July 10, 1835 Lublin, Poland - March 31, 1880 Moscow) was a Polish composer and violinist. ... For other uses, see Warsaw (disambiguation) and Warszawa (disambiguation). ... Ginette Neveu, born August 11, 1919 – died October 27, 1949, was a French concert violinist. ... David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (Russian: , David Fiodorovič Ojstrah; September 30 [O.S. September 17] 1908 – October 24, 1974) was a Russian violinist who made many recordings and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works. ... Josef Hassid was a Polish violinist born on December 28, 1923. ...

He was the brother of the composer Mikhail Goldstein. Mikhail Goldstein (pen name Mikhailo Mykhailovsky) (Odesa - Hamburg) Soviet composer and violinist of Ukrainian-Jewish origin. ...

Students of Boris Goldstein include Zakhar Bron and Alexander Skwortsow. Zakhar Bron is a Russian violinist and violin teacher. ...

Boris Goldstein died in 1987 in Germany.