“The Concertmaster” is a psychological novel about the vicissitudes of the fate of a talented composer and performer in the 20th century in the USSR.

A new novel about the life of the Norshtein-Khrapovitsky family, simple and complex at the same time, like that of millions of Soviet citizens... 1985 th year. The new Secretary General M.S. came to power. Gorbachev. Perestroika began. Social activity was encouraged more than ever, and those who remained indifferent to change constituted a minority. This minority included the eighty-year-old composer Lev Semenovich Norshtein, the author of nine symphonies, two ballets and many works for piano... “Everything was mixed up in Norshtein’s house...”