Violinist Vadim Repin by Eugenia

Repin was born in 1971, in Novosibirsk, Siberia. He began playing on the violin at five years, and after only six months completed his first public appearance. He studied with Zakhar Bron, in his hometown. At seven years he gave his first performance with an orchestra and at eleven years he had his St. Petersburg recital debut. In 1989, his worldwide acknowledgment happened when he attended and won as the youngest-ever winner of the world’s most prestigious and demanding violin competition, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
Ever since, Repin had opportunities to perform with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors. He is invited regularly to be a guest at festivals such as the Hollywood Bowl, Tanglewood, Ravivinia, Verbier the BBC Proms, and etc. Upon going to the “Carte blanche” to the Louvre in Paris, he got to record a live concert, what is now a prize-winning recording of music performed with colleagues including the gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos. He has played many chamber performers including Mamaisky Argeritha, Yuri Bashmet, Evgeny Kissin, Nikolai Lugasnsky, Micha Mischa Maisha Maisky and Mikhail Pletnev.

Repin’s genres are Russian music and French music. He mostly plays the great Russian violin concertos, and of course some 20th century and contemporary music too. The new music he also plays are work done by John Adams and Sofia gubaidulina.

Repin is most known for winning the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels at the age of seventeen.

The violin that Repin performs on is the magnificent Stradivarius ‘Ruby’ 1708.

“Vadim Repin’s artistry combining fiery passion with impeccable technique, poetry and sensitivity. “Simply the best, the most perfect violinist I have heard” exclaimed Yehudi Menuhin. “The greatest living violinist” proclaimed Berlin Tagesspiegel last year.

Recorded CDs
Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninov: Piano Trios
DG 477 8099
[Oct, 2009]
Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No.1 in g and: Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a, Op.50
Universal Music (DG)
UCCG-1442
[Nov 26, 2008] (Japan)
Deutsche Grammophon No. 4777470
[Jan 31, 2009] (Europe)
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77 and Double Concerto in a, Op. 102

Websites
For CDs:
http://www.osk.3web.ne.jp/~wistaria/disc.htm

For webs:
http://www.productions-sarfati.com/pages/biographies.php?niveau=0&cat=12&lang=2&page=49
www.vadimrepin.com
http://nyphil.org/attend/guests/index.cfm?page=profile&personNum=685

For videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt6nzIy66eQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2IK0UWhgI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9GpI1q86V8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a67hxiFxMVA&feature=PlayList&p=DB64FD5B5E0A567E&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=34