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Vadim Gluzman is one of the world leaders of contemporary violin art. He was born in 1973 in Ukraine and has lived in Israel since 1990. He studied in Russia with Zakhar Bron, in Israel with Yair Kless, in the USA with Arkady Fomin and at the Juilliard School in New York with Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki. At the beginning of his career, the young performer received great support from Isaac Stern. In 1994, Vadim Gluzman received the prestigious Henrik Szeryng Foundation Prize.
Vadim Gluzman's extraordinary mastery revives the glorious violin tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries. Gluzman's rich repertoire covers contemporary music. His works are heard around the world via live broadcasts and magnificent discs recorded exclusively for the BIS label. This Israeli violinist regularly performs with such renowned orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Vadim Gluzman has collaborated with many of the world’s leading conductors, including Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohnányi, Tugan Sokhiev, Sir Andrew Davis, Neeme Järvi, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Semyon Bychkov, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Paavo Järvi and Hannu Lintu. He has performed at festivals such as Verbier, Ravinia, Tanglewood Music Festival and Lockenhaus Festival, as well as at the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Chicago, which he co-founded with pianist Angela Yoffe, his wife and accompanist. The highlights of the 2017–2018 season for Gluzman were his performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Tugan Sokhiev and his debut performances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly. Gluzman will again play with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and will celebrate the centenary of Leonard Bernstein by performing his Serenade for Violin and Orchestra with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in London and the San Francisco Symphony. The European tour will see him perform in a trio with pianist Evgeny Sudbin and cellist Johannes Moser at London’s Wigmore Hall and the Berlin Konzerthaus, and will also perform solo with the Toronto, Vancouver, Oregon, Gothenburg and Lucerne Symphony Orchestras, the Czech Philharmonic and the Finnish Radio Symphony. Gluzman will also play with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio, where he has been artistic partner and principal guest artist for four years. This season, Gluzman will present the European premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina's Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Bayan with Johannes Moser, Elsbeth Moser and the Tonhalle Orchestra (Zurich) conducted by Omer Meir Wellber. He has already premiered other works by Gubaidulina in concert and on record, as well as by Giya Kancheli, Peteris Vasks, Michael Daugherty, Lera Auerbach and Elena Firsova. Vadim Gluzman's latest disc for the BIS label contains Brahms' Violin Concerto recorded with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Gaffigan and Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 recorded with Angela Yoffe. His extensive discography has been recognized with a number of awards, including the Diapason d’Or (Golden Diapason), Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice, Classica Magazine’s Choc De Classica, and Disc of the Month from The Strad, BBC Music Magazine, ClassicFM, and many others. Vadim Gluzman was born in the USSR in 1973 and began studying the violin at the age of 7. He took lessons from Roman Sneh in Latvia and Zakhar Bron in Russia. After moving to Israel in 1990, he became a student of Yair Kless. In the United States, he studied with Arkady Fomin in Dallas and at the Juilliard School of Music with Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki. Early in his career, Vadim Gluzman enjoyed the support and mentorship of Isaac Stern until his death in 2001. In 1994, Gluzman received the prestigious Career Award of the Henrik Szeryng Foundation. Vadim Gluzman plays the legendary 1690 Stradivarius violin, formerly owned by Leopold Auer. The violin was kindly provided for use by the Stradivarius Society of Chicago.