Anton Jivaev

Anton Jivaev (* 1976 in Tashkent , Uzbekistan ) is a Russian violist .

Life

Jivaev was born into a Russian family of musicians in the third generation . At the age of seven he came to Nathan Mendelssohn at the “Uspensky School”, a music high school for musically gifted children, which is attached to the Tashkent Conservatory . At the age of 14 he was accepted into the Uzbekistan Chamber Orchestra “The Uzbekistan Soloists”.

After graduating from school, he was accepted at the conservatory, switched from violin to viola and studied with Alexander Polonsky for three years .

In 1997 Jivaev went to the USA and studied in Pittsburgh at the "Artist Diploma Program" at Duquesne University with Randolph Kelly , principal violist with the "Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra". As the winner of the “Duquesne Concerto Competition” in April 1999, he also played with the “Duquesne Symphony Orchestra”.

In the fall of 1999 Jivaev began studying at the Curtis School of Music in Philadelphia with Joseph de Pasquale and later with Roberto Diaz . In December 2000, Jivaev gave the world premiere of the “Concertino” for viola and small instrumentation at the Curtis School of Music , which another graduate, Yevgeniy Sharlat , had composed especially for him. After graduating in 2004, Jivaev went on a tour of Japan as principal violist with the Curtis Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Silverstein .

Jivaev also attended the master classes of Pinchas Zukerman , Kim Kashkashian, and Gerard Causse .

From 2000 Jivaev was a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra under James Levine and traveled with them to guest performances in the international metropolises . He played at the Proms in London , at the “Menton Festival” in France and recorded Mozart's violin concertos with Maxim Vengerov as a soloist at EMI . In the years 2000 to 2003 he performed with the “Delancey Quartet” and worked with Isaac Stern , Leon Fleisher , Joseph Kallichstein and the “Emerson Quartet” as well as the “Guarneri String Quartet”, so u. a. also in 2001 at the “Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop” in Carnegie Hall.

Jivaev gives concerts as a soloist, in a chamber music ensemble and with an orchestra such as u. a. with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra , Philadelphia Orchestra , Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as a temporary assistant, occasionally also with his nephew - Daniel Khalikov , violin - and his sister, the pianist Elena Jivaeva .

From September 2006 to 2012 Jivaev was principal violist with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra in Raleigh . He also works as a viola teacher and repairs string instruments. In his private life he loves sports, especially diving, and working on the computer.

Anton Jivaev has been a violist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra since 2012 .

Prices (selection)

In the summer of 2000 and 2003 Jivaev won the Oxford University Press Prize and the Isle of Man Bank Special Prize as special prizes at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. In summer 2002 he won the Verbier Academy Prize and in May 2003 1st prize in the 5th Towns Music and Art Foundation Competition.