Maxim Vengerov

Maxim Alexandrovich Vengerov (Russian: Максим Александрович Венгеров; born 20 August 1974) is a Soviet-born Israeli violinist, violist, and conductor. Classic FM has called him "one of the greatest violinists in the world". Vengerov was born in Novosibirsk, the only child of Aleksandr and Larisa Borisovna, an oboist and orphanage children's choir director, respectively. He began his musical journey early, singing in his mother's choir at the age of three and starting violin lessons at five with Galina Turchaninova. At age 10, Vengerov won the 1984 International Karol Lipiński and Henryk Wieniawski Young Violin Player Competition, marking the start of his career. He subsequently studied with Zakhar Bron, following him from the Soviet Union to the Royal Academy of Music in London and then to the Musikhochschule Lübeck in Germany. In 1990, Vengerov won the International Carl Flesch Competition, securing a recording contract with Teldec and launching his international career. Vengerov moved to Israel with his family in 1990, continuing his studies at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. In 2006, he founded the Musicians of Tomorrow school in northern Israel. His career also includes contributions as a conductor and educator, serving as the first chief conductor of the Menuhin Festival Gstaad Orchestra and holding professorships at institutions like the Royal College of Music in London. He has received numerous awards, including a Grammy and multiple Echo Music Prizes, and plays on the 1727 "ex-Kreutzer" Stradivarius violin. Vengerov was born in Novosibirsk, the only child of Aleksandr and Larisa Borisovna, oboist and orphanage children's choir director respectively, and is Jewish. He sang in his mother's choir from the age of three. He began studying the violin at age five with Galina Turchaninova. Upon meeting him, she asked: "Do you have strength in these hands?" The five-year-old punched her in the stomach as hard as he could. He said years later: "Fortunately, she was in a good mood that day, and she accepted me as a student." Lessons went badly at first. Turchaninova was very strict. At one point, Vengerov stubbornly refused to play for her for five straight lessons. She told his mother that she was dismissing him as a student. His mother began to cry, and upon seeing that, Vengerov picked up his violin and played 17 assigned pieces from memory without interruption. Even though he had refused to play at his lessons, he had been practicing. Turchaninova agreed to continue his lessons, saying: "Very well. A violinist like Maxim is born only once in a hundred years." At age 10, Vengerov won the 1984 International Karol Lipiński and Henryk Wieniawski Young Violin Player Competition in Lublin, Poland. Also that year, he recorded on the Russian label Melodiya, on LP stereo. At age 11, as part of the Tchaikovsky Competition opening concert, he recorded again on LP, but digital. He then went to London, where he recorded his first CD, for Biddulph Records. ... Source: Article "Maxim Vengerov" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Maxime Aleksandrovitch Vengerov (en russe: Максим Александрович Венгеров, la transcription anglaise, Maxim Vengerov, est la plus couramment rencontrée), né le 20 août 1974 à Novossibirsk (Sibérie, Russie), est un violoniste israélien. Maxime Vengerov commence l'étude du violon à l'âge de quatre ans. Dès l'année suivante, il suit les cours de Galina Tourtchaninova, puis de Zakhar Bron. À cette époque, il donne déjà des concerts et à dix ans, il remporte le concours Wieniawski de Poznań. Il participe ensuite à des récitals à Moscou et Saint-Pétersbourg, jouant avec des orchestres comme l'Orchestre du Concertgebouw d'Amsterdam ou l'Orchestre philharmonique de la BBC. En 1995, ses enregistrements des concertos de Chostakovitch et Prokofiev remportent les Gramophone Awards du meilleur enregistrement de l'année et du meilleur enregistrement de concert de l'année. Maxime Vengerov enseigne la musique à la Royal Academy of Music de Londres. Il joue sur un Stradivarius, le Kreutzer (1727), dont il est le propriétaire depuis 1998. Le 30 octobre 2009, il a annoncé qu'il lâchait l'archet de son violon au profit de la baguette pour prendre la direction du futur Gstaad Festival Orchestra. Maxime Vengerov a repris sa carrière de violoniste le 2 mai 2011, pour un premier concert à Bruxelles. Source: Article "Maxime Venguerov" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.