St Petersburg, Concert Hall

The David Oistrakh Quartet


Marking 175 years since the birth of Pyotr Tchaikovsky

PROGRAMME:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
String Quartet No 1 in D Major, Op. 11
String Quartet No 2 in F Major, Op. 22
String Quartet No 3 in E Flat Minor, Op. 30

 

The David Oistrakh String Quartet features some of Russia’s most outstanding musicians of the present day. After many years of artistic friendship and passion for the art of string quartet playing, these young soloists and honourable maestri of their art came together to form this extraordinary ensemble. In 2012 the family of the legendary 20th century violinist David Oistrakh bestowed his name on the quartet.
Andrey Baranov (first violin) has been a prize-winner at more than twenty international competitions. Seventy-five years after the triumph of David Oistrakh at the Queen Elizabeth International Violin Competition Andrey Baranov symbolically won the 1st prize at this music forum in 2012. His international career has led him to perform as a soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the London Philharmonic, the Sendai Philharmonic, the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the Brussels Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Belgium and the Luxembourg Philharmonic.
Rodion Petrov (second violin) is a graduate of the Queen Sofía Academy of Music in Madrid and the Moscow State Conservatoire. He has been a prize-winner at numerous competitions including the Premio Rodolfo Lipizer (Italy, 1996) and the Premio Paganini (Italy, 1998). He has appeared as a soloist at such concert halls as the Auditorio Nacional (Madrid) and Suntory Hall (Tokyo). Rodion performs a violin crafted in 1680 by Francesco Ruggieri.
Fedor Belugin (viola) has been a prize-winner at a number of international competitions and teaches at the Moscow State Conservatoire as well as the Gnessin State Academy. He is one of few violists to combine a very successful solo career with an intense chamber music career. His tenure as a violist of the State Shostakovich String Quartet marked one of the most important periods of his life.
Alexey Zhilin (cello) is considered one of the leading cellists of his generation in Russia. Having won a number of international prizes, Alexey frequently appears as a soloist with chamber and symphony orchestras in Russia and abroad. Alexey currently teaches at the St Petersburg State Conservatoire. All of the musicians perform acclaimed Italian instruments of the 18th and 19th centuries. Particularly noteworthy is the Antonio Stradivarius “Huggins” (1708) on generous loan to Andrey Baranov from the Nippon Music Foundation.

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