Alexander Gilman
Alexander Gilman (born September 16, 1982 in Bamberg ) is a German violinist , teacher and founder and artistic director of the LGT Young Soloists .
Life
Alexander Gilman was born in Bamberg in 1982 and grew up in a Russian-Jewish family of musicians. He received his first violin lessons at the age of six and made his concert debut in Munich's Gasteig at the age of seven. Since then he has performed worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician and regularly gives master classes as a violin teacher.
Alexander Gilman worked from 1998 a. a. with Dorothy DeLay , attended master classes by Itzhak Perlman , Aaron Rosand , Igor Ozim , Akiko Tatsumi , Mikhail Kopelman and Zakhar Bron . In the summer of 2000 Alexander went to the Cologne University of Music in the master class of the world-famous Professor Zakhar Bron and later continued his master's degree at the University of the Arts in Zurich with Zakhar Bron. Since 2010 Alexander has been teaching at the Zurich University of the Arts as an assistant to Prof. Zakhar Bron.
Alexander's new album with American compositions was released in January 2012. In Cape Town he recorded the violin concertos by Samuel Barber and Erich Wolfgang Korngold as well as the Carmen Fantasy by Franz Waxman and the theme from the film Schindler's List by John Williams . He has recorded with the Hong Kong- born conductor Perry So and the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. This CD was released on the Oehms Classics label and is distributed by Naxos .
Alexander received his first national and international attention in June 2006 when he emerged as the winner of the " WestLB Music Competition" and received the former Stradivari violin from Frank Peter Zimmermann .
Concert career
Alexander performs worldwide as a soloist. In Germany he has given concerts in the largest halls such as the Berlin Philharmonic , Cologne Philharmonic , Düsseldorf Tonhalle , Herkulessaal Munich and others. He was also a guest at major festivals such as the Rheingau Music Festival . Furthermore, he works regularly with great conductors, u. a. already with Neeme Järvie , Eri Klas , Perry So .
Recordings
- Violin concertos by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Samuel Barber , Carmen Fantasie by Franz Waxman and the theme from Steven Spielberg's hit Schindler's List by John Williams . Recorded in Cape Town with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Perry So . Released on January 16, 2012 on the label Oehms Classics.
- Debut CD with works by Johannes Brahms , Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew , Henryk Wieniawski , Stephen Foster , recorded with Marina Seltenreich on Bayerischer Rundfunk for the OehmsClassics label (June 2007).
- Jean Sibelius , Violin Concerto in D minor under the direction of Eri Klas and the Norden Orkester. Live recording of the concert on November 8, 2006 in Munich's Herkulessaal by Bayerischer Rundfunk.
Prizes and awards
- 1997: 1st prize at the Summit Music Festival Competition in New York
- 2003: Prize winner at the International Young Violin Competition, Greece
- 2006: 1st prize at the WestLB music competition for instruments in Düsseldorf
- 2008: Scholarship from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben
Web links
- Works by and about Alexander Gilman in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alexander Gilman's website
- Alexander Gilman on the website of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gilman, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German violinist of Russian-Jewish origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |