Sergei Istomin
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Biography
Sergei Istomin (violoncello, viola da gamba) he began his violoncello studies when he was 6 years old at the Gnesin’s School for gifted children (Moscow, Russia) where he obtained his Bachelor Degree. Master Degree he completed at the Moscow Tchaikovsky ConservatoryMoscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
in the class of Valentin Feighin. At the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, located on the campus of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Students of Oberlin Conservatory enter a very broad network within the music world, as the school's alumni...
Sergei continued his post-graduate studies in viola da gamba with Catharina Meints and the Baroque Performance Institute, Oberlin, Ohio, USA.
Sergei Istomin regularly works with Eterna Symphony Orchestra (principal cellist).
Sergei performs in solo and chamber music concerts and projects including: duos with Viviana Sofronitsky
Viviana Sofronitsky
-Biography:Viviana Sofronitsky - Russian-Canadian pianist, was born in Moscow, to the family of the distinguished Russian pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky...
, Jos van Immerseel
Jos van Immerseel
Jos van Immerseel is a Flemish harpsichordist, pianist and conductor.Van Immerseel studied organ, piano and harpsichord at the Antwerp Conservatory under Flor Peeters, Eugène Traey and harpsichordist and musicologist Kenneth Gilbert...
, Chevallier – fortepiano
Fortepiano
Fortepiano designates the early version of the piano, from its invention by the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700 up to the early 19th century. It was the instrument for which Haydn, Mozart, and the early Beethoven wrote their piano music...
; trio with Seiler and Jos van Immerseel; Tafelmusik orchestra.
As well he is the permanent participant of some festivals around the world such as Beaune
Festival de Beaune
The Festival de Beaune: Festival international d’opéra baroque is a month-long annual summer festival of baroque opera in Beaune, France. It is notable for revivals of many baroque operas and performances of Mozart on original instruments....
, Nantes
La Folle Journée
La Folle Journée is a French annual classical music festival held in Nantes. It is the largest classical music festival in France. The festival's name refers to the Pierre Beaumarchais play The Marriage of Figaro, whose alternative title is La Folle Journée .René Martin founded the La Folle...
, van Vlaanderen, Riquier, Aix-en-Provence, Biesen, http://mafestival.be/Brugge, de Wallonie, Utrecht
Early music festivals
Early music festivals is a generic term for musical festivals focused on music before Beethoven, or including Historically informed performance of later works...
, Bach Festival, http://www.kammermusikfest.at/en/festival_2010/Lockenhaus, Schleswig-Holstein and Sopron. His repertoire includes baroque
Baroque music
Baroque music describes a style of Western Classical music approximately extending from 1600 to 1760. This era follows the Renaissance and was followed in turn by the Classical era...
, classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
, romantic
Romantic music
Romantic music or music in the Romantic Period is a musicological and artistic term referring to a particular period, theory, compositional practice, and canon in Western music history, from 1810 to 1900....
, contemporary music.
Recordings
- Fryderyc Chopin Complete works for cello and piano Sergei Istomin & Viviana Sofronitsky, Passacaille
- Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
"Cello concertos" With Apollo Ensemble | David Rabinovich Passacaille Musica Vera - Felix MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
"Complete works for cello and fortepiano" With Viviana Sofronitsky (fortepiano) Passacaille Musica Vera 947 - Virtuoso Solos for Viola da Gamba (Abel, Schenk, Telemann) Analekta, fleurs de lys FL 2 3144
- J. S. Bach, Six Suites a Violoncello Solo senza Basso Analekta, fleurs de lys FL 2 3114 - 5
- Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
, Pièces Tardives Zig-Zag Territoires / Harmonia Mundi ZZT 040902 - J.S. Bach Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach extraits / a selection Analekta, AN 2 8251
- C.P.E. Bach: Trio Sonatas Music at the Court of Frederick the Great Musique à la cour de Frédéric le Grand CBC Records, MVCD 1117
- Clérambault Les Coucous Bénévoles CBC Records, Musica Viva MVCD 1152
- Gardens of Versailles Les Coucous Benevoles Artifact Music
- "An Hour with C.P.E. Bach" Music and Arts Programs of America CD - 1037
Now Sergei Istomin, a Russian, French and Canadian musician lives in Belgium.