Mikhail Pochekin
Mikhail Pochekin | |
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 Mikhail Pochekin during a concert with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov" | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Почекин |
| Born | March 9, 1990 Moscow, Russia |
| Genres | Classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Musical Artist |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Website | www |
Mikhail Pochekin is a Russian-Spanish violinist.
Biography[edit]
Mikhail Pochekin was born in a family of musicians. His father, Yuri Pochekin.[1], is a famous violin maker and his mother, Elena Pochekina, is a violin professor. At the age of five he received his first violin lesson with Prof. Galina Turchaninova in Moscow. For many years he was also studying the violin with his mother. Later he continued his studies under tuition of such professors as Ana Chumachenco, Viktor Tretiakov and Rainer Schmidt (de), at the music academies of Cologne, Munich and Basel, the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid and also at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.
As a soloist, Pochekin has perfomed with many renowned orchestras including the Mariinsky Theater Symphony[2], the Russian National Orchestra[3], the Basel Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic[4], the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”[3], the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra[5] or the Lithuanian National Orchestra, collaborating with conductors Heinz Holliger, Vassily Sinaisky[6], Yuri Simonov, Kevin Griffiths (de), Valentin Uryupin, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Dimitris Botinis, Mei-Ann Chen and Alexander Sladkovsky.
Today he performs at such venues as the Mariinsky Theater Concert Hall in Saint-Petersburg, the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (ru) in Moscow, the Great hall of Moscow State Conservatory, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Gasteig in Munich, Fundación Juan March in Madrid[7].
Also, he is a constant participant of the “Stars of the 21st Century[8] project organized by the Moscow Philharmonic Society. His chamber music partners include Wen-Sinn Yang (de), Manuel Fischer-Dieskau[9], Eliane Rodrigues (de), Kian Soltani, Andrey Baranov, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Yury Favorin and Alexander Ramm. Special mention should be made of his duet with his brother a violinist and violist Ivan Pochekin[10].
Instruments[edit]
Since childhood Mikhail has played the violins made by his father[11]. In 2016-2018 he played Francesco Gobetti's violin (Venecia, 1720), courtesy of Albert Eckstein foundation[12]. In 2010 in Madrid, he gave a concert playing on Antonio Stradivari’s ex-Boissier, which used to belong to Sarasate.
Awards[edit]
- 2007 – First Prize (Categoria C), Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition, Italy[13].
- 2008 – Pablo Sarasate National Prize, Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition (es), Spain[14].
- 2008 – Third Prize and the special Prize for the best interpretation of Prokofiev's violin concerto, Lipizer International Violin Competition, Italy[15].
- 2009 – Third Prize, Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition (es), Spain[16].
- 2009 – Second Prize and the special Prize of EMCY, Jascha Heifetz Competition, Lithuania[17]..
- 2015 – First Prize, Ruggiero Ricci Violin Competition, Austria[18]
CDs[edit]
- 2018 – "the Unity of Opposites", with Ivan Pochekin, Melodiya[19]. Album includes works for 2 violins and violin & viola by M. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, R. Gliere [20] and S. Prokofiev.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Yuri Pochekin, luthier", Ritmo Music, June 2018 (in Spanish).
- ↑ Artist's page, Mariinsky Theatre website.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mikhail Pochekin de gira con grandes orquestas rusas" [Mikhail Pochekin - on tour with great Russian orchestras], Digital Melomano, October 2018 (in Spanish).
- ↑ "Un joven violinista espanol debuta con la filarmonica de moscu" [Young Spanish violinist debuts with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra], Codalario, June 2016 (in Spanish).
- ↑ Mamaeva, Tatyana. "Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra «achieves balance»", Realnoe Vremya, November 2018.
- ↑ "Пляски вокруг революции" [Dancing around the revolution], Kommersant, November 2018 (in Russian).
- ↑ Thallium, Michael. "La musica muy bien servida" [The very well served music], Scherzo (in Spanish).
- ↑ The Moscow Philharmonic Society(in Russian).
- ↑ Liebenberg, Mark. "Ein turbulenter, ein virtuoser Auftakt" [A turbulent, a virtuoso start], Schaffhauser Nachrichten, Dienstag, February 2014 (in German).
- ↑ "Russiske brødre indgår pagt på trods: Vi er helt forskellige! [Recommendation of the week"], Danmark Radio (in Danish).
- ↑ "Михаил Почекин: «Важно глубоко вникать в композиторскую идею»" [Mikhail Pochekin: «It is important to deeply understand the composer's idea»], Interview with Mikhail Pochekin, Radio Orpheus, March 2012 (in Russian).
- ↑ Albert Eckstein Stiftung Die Stipendiaten [The Albert Eckstein Foundation - Scholar](in German).
- ↑ Concorso Postacchini: il vincitore [Postacchini competition - the Winners] Il quotidiano, May 2007 (in Italian).
- ↑ "Mikhail Pochekin lleva la música de Bach al Castillo de Manzanares el Real" [Mikhail Pochekin brings the music by J.S. Bach to the Castle Manzanares el Real], La Vanguardia, December 2016 (in Spanish).
- ↑ Vincitore del Premio Rodolfo Lipizer [The Winners of Premio Rodolfo Lipizer](in Italian).
- ↑ "Malicias y puntuación en concursos" [Malice and evaluation at the competitions], Diario de Navarra, September 2009(in Spanish)
- ↑ Winners of the III International Jascha Heifetz Competition for Violinists
- ↑ Artist's page, Moscow Philharmonic Society website(in Russian).
- ↑ "Brüder im künstlerischen Wettstreit" [Brothers in the artistic competition], Pizzicato, March 2018] (in German).
- ↑ Pieper, Stefan. "CD-Besprechung" [CD-Review], Klassik Heute, February 2018 (in German).
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