Marine Iashvili

Marine Jashvili was a Georgian violinist and professor, regarded as one of the major figures of the Russian violin school in the 20th century. She was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory for more than five decades and was named People's Artist of the Georgian SSR, Honoured Artist of Russia, and recipient of Georgia's Shota Rustaveli State Prize. A prize winner at the Kubelík International Competition, the Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, and the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition, she was among the first Georgian classical musicians to achieve international recognition through major European competitions. She was a sister of violinist Nana Jashvili and aunt of violinist Gia Jashvili.