Vadim Repin

Vadim Repin Born Novosibirsk Western Siberia 31 August 1971 Is A Russian Violinist. In His Youth Repin Studied With Zakhar Bron And Was Revered Throughout Russia As A Child Prodigy. At The Age Of 17 He Became The Youngest Winner Of The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition In Brussels The World's Premier Violin Competition. Vadim Repin Played Under Such Leading Conductors As Sir Yehudi Menuhin Pierre Boulez Riccardo Chailly Charles Dutoit Michael Tilson Thomas Valery Gergiev James Levine Kurt Masur Sir Simon Rattle Esa-Pekka Salonen And Mstislav Rostropovich. Repin Specializes In Russian Music And French Music Particularly The Great Russian Violin Concertos As Well As 20th Century And Contemporary Music. New Music In His Repertoire Includes Work By John Adams And Sofia Gubaidulina. He Has Recorded Violin Concertos By Mozart Sibelius Tchaikovsky Prokofiev Shostakovich And Nikolai Myaskovsky. Repin Has Also Made Two CDs Of Violin And Piano Music Works With Boris Berezovsky And Has Recorded Chamber Music With Pianists Martha Argerich And Mikhail Pletnev Violist Yuri Bashmet And Cellist Mischa Maisky. The Majority Of Repin's Recordings Through 2005 Were On The Erato Label. However In 2005 Repin Appeared On Deutsche Grammophon DG On A Disc Of Chamber Music By Sergei Taneyev Alongside Mikhail Pletnev Ilya Gringolts Nobuko Imai And Lynn Harrell And In April Of 2006 Repin Signed An Exclusive Recording Contract With DG. Vadim Repin Plays The Stradivarius ‘Ruby’ Violin Made In 1708 And Previously Played By Pablo De Sarasate. Http //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Vadim_Repin read less