Sergei Istomin

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Sergei Istomin ( Russian Сергей Истомин , scientific transliteration Sergej Istomin ) is a Russian musician ( violoncello and viola da gamba ).

Life

Istomin began studying the cello at the age of six at the Moscow Gnessin School for Young Talents, from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree. At the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory he continued his studies with Valentin Feighin, where he obtained a master’s degree. In the USA, at the Oberlin Conservatory and at the Institute for Baroque Performance Practice in Ohio, he attended the master class for viola da gamba with Catharina Meints.

Sergei Istomin works as the first cellist with the Anima Eterna orchestra , performs with solo and chamber music programs , together with the fort pianists Viviana Sofronitsky , Jos van Immerseel and Claire Chevallier, as a trio with Midori Seiler and Jos van Immerseel and with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra .

In addition, Istomin performed at the Festival de Beaune , La Folle Journée de Nantes, Festival van Vlaanderen Bruges, Festival de Saint Requirer, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence , Festival de Wallonie , the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the Sopron Festival in Hungary .

His repertoire ranges from baroque music to classical and romantic music to new music . The Russian-French-Canadian musician currently lives in Belgium.

Recordings

  • Frédéric Chopin : Complete Works for Cello and Piano. Passacaille Musica Vera, Belgium.
  • Joseph Haydn : Cello Concerts. With the Apollo Ensemble, David Rabinovich. Passacaille Musica Vera, Belgium.
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Complete Works for Cello and Fortepiano. With Viviana Sofronitsky. Passacaille Musica Vera, Belgium.
  • Virtuoso Solos for Viola da Gamba. (Abel, Schenk, Telemann ). Analekta, fleurs de lys FL 2 3144.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach : Six Suites a Violoncello Solo senza Basso. Analekta, fleurs de lys FL 2 3114 - 5.
  • Franz Liszt : Late Pieces. Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT 040902.
  • JS Bach: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. (Selection) Analekta, AN 2 8251.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach : Trio sonatas, music at the court of Frederick the Great. CBC Records, MVCD 1117.
  • Louis-Nicolas Clérambault : Les Coucous Bénévoles. CBC Records, Musica Viva MVCD 1152.
  • Gardens of Versailles. Les Coucous Benevoles Artifact Music.
  • An Hour with CPE Bach. Music and Arts Programs of America CD 1037.

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personal data
SURNAME Istomin, Sergei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Истомин, Сергей (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-French-Canadian cellist and gambist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century