Vadim Gluzman

Vadim Gluzman’s extraordinary artistry brings back to life the glorious violinistic tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries. He appears regularly around the world with major orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orch estra, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Philhar monic Orchestra and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and with leading conductors including Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohnányi, Tugan Sokhiev, Neeme Järvi, Michael Tilson Thomas, Semyon Bychkov, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Paavo Järvi and Hannu Lintu. Among his festival appearances are Verbier, Ravinia, Lockenhaus, Pablo Casals, Colmar, Edinburgh, Jerusalem and the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Northbrook, Illinois, founded by Gluzman with his wife and recital partner, the pianist Angela Yoffe. His extensive repertoire embraces contemporary music and includes live and recorded premières of works by composers Lera Auerbach, Sofia Gubaidulina, Giya Kancheli and Pēteris Vasks. Accolades for his extensive discography on BIS Records include the Diapason d’Or de l’Année, Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice, Classica magazine’s esteemed Choc de Classica award, and Disc of the Month in The Strad, BBC Music Magazine and ClassicFM Magazine. Born in the former Soviet Union, Vadim Gluzman began violin studies at the age of seven. Before moving to Israel in 1990, where he was a student of Yair Kless, he studied with Roman Šnē in Latvia and Zakhar Bron in Russia. In the USA his 8 teachers were Arkady Fomin and, at the Juilliard School, Dorothy DeLay and Masao Kawasaki. Early in his career, he enjoyed the encouragement and support of Isaac Stern, and in 1994 he received the prestigious Henryk Szeryng Foundation Career Award. Vadim Gluzman plays the extraordinary 1690 ‘ex-Leopold Auer’ Stradivari, on extended loan to him through the generosity of the Stradivari Society of Chicago.