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Sasha ROZHDESTVENSKY |
Sasha Rozhdestvensky is one of Russia’s finest young violinists.
He has appeared internationally
earning high critical acclaim as soloist with leading orchestras such
as The Leningrad Philharmonic, The Philharmonia, L.S.O., R.P.O., Royal
Stockholm Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris,
The Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Het Residentie Orkest, Bamberger
Symphoniker, The Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, The Bayerische Staatsorchester,
The Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, Orquesta de la Accademia Nazionale di Santa
Cecilia, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
to name a few.
Sasha Rozhdestvensky has recorded numerous works for Thesis and Chandos
including the Schnittke Concerto Grosso No. 6 with The Royal Stockholm
Philharmonic.
He premiered this concerto - written by Alfred Schnittke especially for
him and Viktoria Postnikova – in 1994
He has appeared in several international music festivals including Proms,
Tanglewood, Schleswig-Holstein, Flanders, Gstaad, Istanbul, Colmar, Ravinia,
Florida, Mozart (La Coruña), Taormina, Sienna, Lockenhaus, Montreux…
and in Halls as Salle Gaveau in Paris, and in London, Amsterdam, Moscow,
Vienna, Stockholm, Tokyo, Tel-Aviv, as well as with the Philharmonia of
St. Petersburg and the Scala, Milano (2002) always with great success.
During the last years, Sasha Rozhdestvensky appeared the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (Dvorak), the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with a rare concerto by Kancheli “ And Farewell Goes Out Sighing...” , with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Bamberger Symphoniker, National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra (Sibelius Humoresques)… He also replaced Vladimir Spivakov as violonist (and under his direction) for Tchaïkovsky violin concerto with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg. We also can mention Glazounov concerto with the Orchester der Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Dohnanyi violin concerto N°2 with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur under the baton of M° Gérard Schwarz (Strauss), etc.
Sasha Rozhdestvensky also plays
in at the Bratislava Festival, the Espinho Festival, and with orchestras
as Vilnius Orchestra, Tampere, the Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin,
the Yomiuri Orchestra, Mexico Orchestra... He also will play recitals
and chamber music with M. Rudy, Viktoria Postnikova, Gary Hoffman…
He regularly plays tours – last season he played Glazounov and Mendelssohn
under M° Simonov for a Spanish tour, then Tchaïkovsky for a great
tour in Great Britain,
Last winter, he recorded Taneiev and Glazounov concertos under M°
Rozhdestvensky.
His studies took place at the Central Music School in Moscow, the Moscow Conservatory, the Paris Conservatoire and the Royal College of Music in London. He studied with Zinaida Gilels, Maya Glezarova, Gérard Poulet and Dr. Felix Andrievsky.
Sasha Rozhdestvensky plays the violin of Guarneri del Gesu 1734 "Haddock" loaned to him by the Stradivari Society.