Alexei Barchevitch

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Alexej Barchevitch (May 2011)

Alexej Barchevitch (born November 6, 1976 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) is a German violinist and concertmaster of Russian origin.

Life

Alexej Barchevitch was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) in 1976 into a family of musicians. He attended the special music school of the Petersburg Conservatory with Professor Larissa Baranova. He continued his training with Jost Witter at the Belvedere Castle Music High School in Weimar. He then began studying at the Liszt School of Music in Weimar with Jost Witter and graduated in 1998 with a diploma. This was followed by postgraduate studies and in 2003 graduated with a concert diploma.

Alexej Barchevitch gained orchestral experience as concertmaster of the “Belvedere” chamber orchestra, the university orchestra and as a soloist in the orchestra of the International Youth Orchestra Academy.

From 2001 onwards he worked several times as first concertmaster with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) and with the Nuremberg Philharmonic and the Frankfurt Opera . From 2001 to 2005 he worked as the first concertmaster at the Meiningen State Theater . From 2005 to 2009 he was first concertmaster of “de Filharmonie” - Royal Flemish Philharmonic in Antwerp. In 2009/2010 he was the first concertmaster of the Meiningen court orchestra. Since January 2011 he has been the first concertmaster of the Thuringia Philharmonic Gotha , now the Thuringia Philharmonic Gotha-Eisenach .

Instruments

  • 1997 loan of a JB Guadagnini violin, which was played by Louis Spohr
  • 1999 loan of a Vincenzo Panormo violin, Stiftung Deutsches Musikleben
  • since 2003 he has been playing a Landolfi violin

Awards

  • 1993 National Youth Music Competition , winner
  • 1996 Pierre Lantier Competition, Paris / France, 1st prize (Grand Prix) and special prize
  • 1997 DAAD Prize (German Academic Exchange Service)
  • 1998 Andrea Postaccini Competition, Fermo / Italy, 2nd prize
  • 1998 Louis Spohr Competition, Weimar, 3rd prize

Web links

Reviews

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Koninklijk Conservatorium. Biography Masterclasses ( Memento from August 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ A vigorous musical prelude to the New Year's concert
  3. ^ Thuringia Philharmonic Gotha-Eisenach: Cast 2017/2018 , accessed on February 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ Andrea Postaccini Competition ( Memento of 3 July 2007 at the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Barchevitch, Alexei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German violinist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad