December 21, 2009
Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
Nikita Borisoglebsky's rise
to prominence came in 2010 when he won the International Jean Sibelius Violin
competition and the International Fritz Kreisler Violin competition. He has
also been awarded top prizes in the nine other prestigious violin contests
including the Tchaikovsky, the Queen Elisabeth and the Monte Carlo Violin
Masters competitions.
The violinist has performed with many major
orchestras, including the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic,
Moscow Philharmonic, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia,
Brussels Philharmonic, Kansai Philharmonic, Beijing Symphony Orchestra,
Goethenburg Symphoniker, Antwerpen Royal Philharmonic, London Chamber
Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra “Musica
Viva”,
Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia under such conductors as Valery Gergiev,
Okko Kamu, Sakari Oramo, Hannu Lintu, Eri Klass, Vladimir Fedoseev, Dmitry
Liss, Conrad van Alphen, Gilbert Varga, David Afkham, Lionel Bringueir. He
appears regularly at many of the important festivals including the Menton
Festival, Rheingau Festival, S.Richter’s “December Nights”
in Moscow, Beethovenfest in Bonn, Ohrid summer festival, Dubrovnik summer
festival, “Stars of the White Nights” and “Arts Square” in Saint Petersburg, “Crescendo” and “Stars
on Baikal” festivals of Denis Matsuev, and others.
In addition to solo engagements, Nikita has enjoyed working in collaboration with renowned musicians including Seiji Ozawa, Rodion Shchedrin, Natalia Gutman, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Augustin Dumay, Andras Schiff, Boris Berezovsky, Jean-Philippe Collard, Alexander Kniazev, Rafael Wallfish, Michel Strauss, Jean-Claude Vanden Eyden, Lovro Pogorelich, David Geringas and others.
In collaboration with the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and the Belgian record label "Fuga Libera" the violinist has released the two CDs: the Third violin concerto of Henri Veiuxtepms with Liege Royal Philharmonic and Patrick Davin, and the monographic album of Edouard Lalo with Sinfonia Varsovia, Augustin Dumay and Jean-Philippe Collard. The Lalo’s CD was given a 5-star review in the French magazine “Diapason”.
Nikita Borisoglebsky was born in Volgodonsk, Southern Russia. His mentors in different years were Eduard Grach and Tatiana Berkul in Moscow, Augustin Dumay in Brussels, Ana Chumachenco in Kronberg.
In the last years he has
become a recipient of the several international awards and titles -
"Violinist of the Year" from the International Maya Plisetskaya and
Rodion Shchedrin foundation (USA); “Person of the Year” from the major
Russian magazine “Musical review”; “Virtuoso” award from the Italian string
society and the Antonio Stradivari foundation; "Jean Sibelius birthplace
medal" from J.Sibelius foundation in Hameenlinna, Finland.
The violinist plays on Matteo Goffriller’s violin from 1720-s.