Talk:Valentin Berlinsky

A fact from Valentin Berlinsky appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 December 2008, and was viewed approximately 419 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Russian cellist Valentin Berlinsky played for the Borodin Quartet for 60 years, the longest-serving member of what was described as "the longest continuously playing" string quartet in the world? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/December.

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He was the only Quartet member to have played in it from the beginning.

Clearly, that is not so. The original cellist was Rostropovich, whom Berlinsky replaced "after a few weeks". So, he was there almost from the beginning, but not quite from the very beginning. -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 20:44, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]