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ALEKSEY IGUDESMAN
violinist
composer
conductor
actor
Aleksey Igudesman’s compositions have
been performed by internationally renowned
soloists, ensembles and orchestras. As both
solo violinist and conductor, he has performed
his own works with Kremerata Baltica, Lucerne
Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Symphony
Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg,
Tonkünstler Orchestra, Virtuosi Italiani,
Cameratea Ducale, among other orchestras.
In Violins of the World, Igudesman performed
his violin duets with Gidon Kremer, Julian
Rachlin, Janine Jansen, Pavel Vernikov and
Alexandra Soumm. This project also featured
Igudesman’s poetry, recited by Sir Roger
Moore.
Aleksey Igudesman is best known as a violinist,
but has also established himself as a composer,
conductor and actor.
Education
Aleksey was born in St Petersburg, Russia. At the age
of twelve he was accepted to the prestigious Yehudi
Menuhin School in England. From 1989 to 1998 he
studied violin with Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna
Conservatory.
Compositions, Publications and Conducting
Igudesman’s music is published by Universal Edition
and includes Style Workout, two books of duets
for young musicians called The Catscratchbook
and Pigs Can Fly, as well as the violin duet series
Klezmer & More, Celtic & More and Latin & More.
He has published several violin sonatas, the second
dedicated to Julian Rachlin and the third to Viktoria
Mullova.
Aleksey Igudesman plays a Santo Serafin 1717 violin, kindly
loaned to him by ‚ERSTE BANK‘.
With his internationally acclaimed string trio,
Triology, he has given concerts all over the
world and recorded several CDs for Sony/
BMG. Currently Igudesman is performing with
his duo IGUDESMAN & JOO as a soloist,
conductor and chamber musician.
Film Music
Igudesman writes, arranges and records film
music, often collaborating with the Academy
Award winning film composer, Hans Zimmer.
Zimmer has invited him to compose, arrange
and play on the soundtrack of the movies The
Road to El Dorado, Spanglish and most recently
Sherlock Holmes, which was nominated for the
Oscar for best soundtrack of 2010. Several new
collaborations with Hans Zimmer are in the
works.
www.alekseyigudesman.com
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Other Projects
In cooperation with the violinist, Sebastian
Gürtler, Aleksey Igudesman has created The
Cyberconductor for two violins and symphony
orchestra.
His future projects include Igudesman’s
Russian Nights in the Wellenklänge Festival
in
Austria, where he will be joined by R. Hyungki Joo, Itamar Golan, Polina Leschenko,
Julian Rachlin, Viktoria Mullova and others
in performing Russian music along with his
own compositions. Mullova and Leschenko
will premiere his 3rd violin sonata.
In 2010 Igudesman is due to conduct the
Lucerne Symphony Orchestra in a program of
Strauss, Beethoven and his own works,
including the world premiere of his Waltz
of the World. For the festival Julian Rachlin
& Friends, Igudesman is putting together a
special project called The Music Critic, with
John Malkovich as the Narrator.
IGUDESMAN & JOO
In 2004 Aleksey Igudesman founded
IGUDESMAN & JOO with the internationally
acclaimed pianist, Richard Hyung-ki Joo. Their
show A Little Nightmare Music has received
rapturous praise by critics and audiences
alike. It has taken them all over the world
and to countless prestigious venues, such as
the Verbier Festival, the Bergen Festival, the
Menuhin Festival in Gstaat, Lockenhaus and
the Saratoga Festival.
On YouTube their clips have had over 20
million viewings to date. Their project with
Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica, called
Being Gidon Kremer, premiered in 2008 and
was performed in Schleswig Holstein and
Rheingau Festival, as well as in Asia, Europe
and Russia.
Aleksey Igudesman plays a Santo Serafin 1717 violin, kindly
loaned to him by ‚ERSTE BANK‘.
In 2009 IGUDESMAN & JOO toured Germany,
Holland and Belgium as part of the Night of the
Proms, appearing in front of half a million people,
alongside rock legends such as Simple Minds, Kim
Wilde, Sinead O’Connor, Tears for Fears, 10CC,
Midge Ure from Ultravox, Dennis de Young from
STYX and Robin Gibb from the BeeGees.
IGUDESMAN & JOO also have a show which they
do with symphony and chamber orchestras, called
“A BIG Nightmare Music”. They are currently
writing on a TV series, so stay tuned!
www.alekseyigudesman.com
www.igudesmanandjoo.com