Yuri Abramovich Bashmet

Yuri Bashmet (right) and Vladimir Putin, 2001

Juri Abramowitsch Baschmet , Russian Ю́рий Абра́мович Башме́т (born January 24, 1953 in Rostov-on-Don ) is a Russian violist and conductor . In the DNB he is listed under Jurij A. Bašmet , the English transcription Yuri Bashmet is also known .

Life

Yuri Baschmet was born in Rostov-on-Don in 1953 in the family of Abram Borissowitsch Baschmet and Maija Sinowjewna Baschmet, b. Critschewer, born. His paternal grandmother, Zilia Efimovna, studied singing at the conservatory at a young age, while his maternal grandmother, Daria Axentievna, sang hutsul songs. After lessons on the violin and his first competitive successes, he switched to the viola . He began studying viola in 1971 at the Moscow Conservatory with Vadim Borissowski, the famous viola teacher and violist of the Beethoven string quartet. After his death in 1972 he continued his studies with Fyodor Druzhinin , the dedicatee of the sonata for viola by Dmitri Shostakovich .

The first prize at the ARD music competition in 1976 marked the beginning of his international solo career. Yuri Bashmet is now regarded as one of the most important musical personalities of our time. Numerous composers wrote sonatas and concerts for him, including Sofia Gubaidulina , Gija Kanscheli and Alfred Schnittke .

For several years he has also been the conductor of the Moscow Soloists .

In 1995 Bashmet was awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize.

Political position

In March 2014, Bashmet signed the open letter from Russian cultural workers, in which the position of President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine and Crimea is supported.

Web links

Commons : Juri Bashmet - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Yuri Bashmet's website (English, Archive.org)
Literature by and about Juri Abramowitsch Baschmet in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Янко Слава (Janko Slawa): Вокзал мечты: «Мне не нужны талантливые дети, мне нужны талантливые мамы». Янко Слава-Библиотека, March 3, 2003, accessed June 10, 2018 (Russian).
↑ Новости Министерства: Деятели культуры России - в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и рым. Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, March 11, 2014, archived from the original on March 11, 2014 ; Retrieved June 10, 2018 (Russian).

personal data
SURNAME	Bashmet, Yuri Abramovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Башмет, Юрий Абрамович (Cyrillic); Bashmet, Yuri Abramovich (English transcription); Bašmet, Jurij A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian musician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 24, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rostov on Don

[1] Янко Слава (Janko Slawa): Вокзал мечты: «Мне не нужны талантливые дети, мне нужны талантливые мамы». Янко Слава-Библиотека, March 3, 2003, accessed June 10, 2018 (Russian).

[2] Новости Министерства: Деятели культуры России - в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и рым. Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, March 11, 2014, archived from the original on March 11, 2014 ; Retrieved June 10, 2018 (Russian).