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Alexander Markov
Internationally celebrated violinist Alexander Markov has been hailed as one of the most captivating musicians.
Lord Yehudi Menuhin has written " He is without doubt one of the most brilliant and musical of violinists…Alexander
Markov will certainly leave his mark on the music-lovers of the world and in the annals of the violin virtuosi of
our day ".
Alexander Markov has established a reputation second-to-none in the 19th-century virtuoso repertoire. His recording
of Paganini's 24 Caprices for solo violin caused a sensation, and he remains one of the very few violinists who program
the entire set in a single recital. A widely broadcast film of Markov playing the Caprices, directed by Bruno
Monsaingeon, has won these fiendishly difficult pieces an instantaneous and enthusiastic following around the world.
The Gold Medal winner at the Paganini International Violin Competition, Mr. Markov has appeared with such celebrated
orchestras as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and the BBC Symphony to a great public and media acclaim.
His recent highlights include performances with Lorin Maazel and Orchestre de Paris, Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony, Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi and the Detroit Symphony, Zdenek Macal and the New Jersey Symphony and with Gerard Schwarz conducting the Seattle Symphony.
Awarded a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1987, Mr. Markov made his New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall,
appeared with Christoph Eschenbach conducting the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall and performed
with other important orchestras including the Houston, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Jerusalem orchestras. In addition,
Markov recorded five more CDs for the Erato label , distributed world-wide by Warner Classics. His most recent
release is the Tchaikovsky pieces for violin and piano.
Alexander Markov was born in Moscow and studied violin with his father, concert violinist Albert Markov. By the
time he was eight years old, he was already appearing as a soloist with orchestras and performing double concertos
with his father. At the age of fourteen, Alexander Markov received a rare personal invitation from Jascha Heifetz
to study with him. Markov emigrated to the U.S. with his parents and received his United States citizenship in 1982.
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