Vladimir Perlin was born in
Frunze to
Berta Borisovna Fidlon and
Pavel Grigorievich Perlin, who had escaped from
Siege of Leningrad. After
World War II his family moved to
Minsk. At the age of 7 he began to study cello at the music school of
Belarusian State Academy of Music. He graduated from the class of Professor
Aleksander Piatigorsky (Stogorsky) (the brother of the renowned cellist
Gregor Piatigorsky) in
Belarusian State Academy of Music in 1965 having won the national music competition. From 1971 he has been upbringing young musicians in
Republican Music College of Belarus (RMC) and later in 1984 took up a professorship of Cello in the
Belarusian State Academy of Music, a position he holds to this day. Many of his talented cello pupils have been winners of international competitions as well as being soloists and orchestral cellists in many countries. His masterclasses taking places in Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, USA and Russia. In 2018 he was invited as a cello pedagogue in Musica Mundi School for professional music education in
Waterloo,
Belgium. In 2003 for his significant contribution to music education, Perlin was appointed an Officier de
l'Odre des Palmes Académiques de la
République Française. He was the first Belarusian to receive this title. Perlin is also frequently invited to serve as a jury member of international cello competitions. ==Films==