Vadim Repin
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Vadim Viktorovich Repin (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".;[1] born 31 August 1971) is a Russian and Belgian violinist who lives in Vienna.[2]
After hearing one of Repin's performances, violinist Yehudi Menuhin said: "Vadim Repin is simply the best and most perfect violinist that I have ever had the chance to hear."[2][3][4]
Education
Vadim Repin was born in Novosibirsk, Western Siberia, on 31 August 1971. In 1985 at fourteen he made his débuts in Tokyo, München, Berlin, Helsinki; a year later in Carnegie Hall.
Professional career
At the age of 17, he became the youngest winner of violin section of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels. He was a member of the jury in the 2009 violin section of this competition.[5] Vadim Repin has played under such leading conductors as Simon Rattle, Valery Gergiev, Mariss Jansons, and Yehudi Menuhin.
Vadim Repin has been a frequent guest at festivals such as the BBC Proms, Tanglewood, Gstaad and Verbier.[6] In 2010 he played the premiere of James MacMillan Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under Gergiev which was dedicated to him.[7]
Repertoire and recordings
Repin specializes in Russian music and French music, particularly the great Russian violin concertos, as well as 20th-century and contemporary music.
Instruments
- 1982-1984 a unique Stradivari three-quarter size on loan from the Russian State Collection
- 1984–1989 Stradivari 1720 "ex-Wieniawski-Wieniawski" on loan from the Russian State Collection
- 1996 Repin played shortly the Guarneri del Gesù 1737 "Isaac Stern ex-Panette-Panette," a loan by David Fulton
- 1996–2005 Stradivari 1708 "Ruby",[8] as a loan by the Stradivari Society in Chicago and previously played by Pablo de Sarasate
- 2005 Guarneri del Gesù 1742 "Il Cannone ex Paganini" as a loan by the Municipal Administration of Genua for the use in a concert in the city
- 2002-2009 Guarneri del Gesù 1736 "Von Szerdahely"
- 2010-2013 Guarneri del Gesù 1743 "Bonjour"
- 2013-2015 Guarneri del Gesù 1736 "Lafont"
- Since 2015 Vadim Repin plays a Stradivari 1733 "Rode"[9]
His preferred bows are by Nicolaus Kittel and Nicolas Maline.
Personal life
Vadim Repin married Caroline Diemunsch in 2001. Their son Leonardo was born in 2006.[10]
His current wife[11] is Svetlana Zakharova, the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet.[12] They have a daughter, who was born in February 2011.[13]
External links
- Template:Official website
- Vadim Repin Biography
- Vadim Repin Homepage, unofficial website, very comprehensive
- Discography, up to Octobre 2010
- Biography of Vadim Repin, Productions Internationales Albert Sarfati
- Biography of Vadim Repin, Columbia Artists Management Inc.
Interviews
- Interview on Evene.fr Template:In lang, 30 October 2008
- Interview of Vadim Repin by Mischa Damev from January 2011, published on YouTube
Reviews
Vadim Repin (violin) and Nikolai Lugansky (piano):
- Crescendo, review by Noël Godts, translated from French into English, about their recital on 20 November 2002 in Brussels
- Light-filled brilliance, review by Herbert Müller, translated from German into English, from Wienerzeitung, 27 November 2002
Vadim Repin (violin), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello):
- La Palme d'or pour les trois Russes Template:In lang, Critique du récital de Vadim Repin, Nikolaï Lugansky et Misha Maïsky au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, 25 May 2005, written by Gérard Mannoni
References
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- ↑ Announcement Template:Webarchive of a joint performance of Svetlana Zakharova and Vadim Repin at the St Prex Classics in Saint-Prex on 20 and 21 August 2013, published on www.stprexclassics.com
- ↑ Bolshoi prima and violinist Repin have baby article of Ismene Brown from 18 February 2011 on www.theartsdesk.com
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- Russian classical violinists
- Male classical violinists
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Reina Sofía School of Music alumni
- Musicians from Novosibirsk
- Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition
- Deutsche Grammophon artists
- 21st-century classical violinists
- 21st-century Russian male musicians
- Erato Records artists