Alexander Sitkovetsky

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Alexander Sitkovetsky (born 1983) is a British violinist.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Family

Sitkovetsky was born in Moscow to a musical family; his mother being a pianist, his great uncle and aunts being violinist Julian Sitkovetsky and pianist Bella Davidovich, and his uncle being violinist and conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky.

[edit] Musical Studies

Aged eight, he appeared as a soloist in Montpellier, and he was subsequently invited to enroll at the Yehudi Menuhin School. He studied there with Natalia Boyarsky and Hu Kun. He has participated in master classes with Menuhin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Mauricio Fuks, Georgy Pauk, Maya Glezarova, Zvi Zeitlin, Abram Stern, and Maxim Vengerov. Sitkovetsky is still studying, under Pavel Vernikov in Vienna.

[edit] Performer

Sitkovetsky performs as a soloist around the world and also records.

[edit] References

  • Material from the biographies, under external links
  • NY Times page

[edit] External links

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