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Conductor

Ignat SOLZHENITSYN

Ignat Solzhenitsyn was born in Moscow and began serious piano study in Marlboro, Vermont with Luis Batlle, and then in London with Maria Curcio and finally with Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute, where he also majored in conducting under Otto-Werner Mueller. A winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Ignat Solzhenitsyn serves on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music.

In 2018-19 he returns to the St. Petersburg Philharmonic with Gidon Kremer as soloist, appears as piano soloist with Vladimir Spivakov and the National Philharmonic of Russia, and gives solo recitals in New York, Zurich, and St. Petersburg.

Principal Guest Conductor of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, he is much in demand as a guest conductor, having recently led the symphonies of Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Dallas, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Nashville, Phoenix, Seattle, and Toronto, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the Czech National Symphony, as well as many of the major orchestras in Russia including the Mariinsky Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, and the Moscow Symphony. He has partnered with such world-renowned soloists as Richard Goode, Gary Graffman, Steven Isserlis, Leila Josefowicz, Sylvia McNair, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Garrick Ohlsson, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Mitsuko Uchida.

In recent seasons, his extensive touring schedule in the United States and Europe has included concerto performances with numerous major orchestras, including those of Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Saint Louis, Los Angeles, Seattle, Baltimore, Washington, Montreal, Toronto, London, Paris, Israel, and Sydney, and collaborations with such distinguished conductors as Herbert Blomstedt, , Charles Dutoit, , Valery Gergiev, Krzysztof Penderecki, André Previn, Mstislav Rostropovich, Gerard Schwarz, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Maxim Shostakovich, and Yuri Temirkanov.

In addition to his recital appearances in the United States has also given numerous recitals in Europe and the Far East in such major musical centers as London, Milan, Zurich, Moscow, Tokyo, and Sydney An avid chamber musician, he has collaborated with the Emerson, Borodin, Brentano, and the St. Petersburg String Quartets, and in four-hand recital with Mitsuko Uchida. He has frequently appeared at international festivals, including Salzburg, Evian, Marlboro, and Moscow’s famed December Evenings.

 

伊格納特•索爾仁尼琴 (指揮)

伊格納特•索爾仁尼琴出生於莫斯科,在佛蒙特州馬爾伯勒接受路易斯•巴特勒的音樂啟蒙學習鋼琴,後於倫敦師從瑪麗亞•庫西奧,再升讀倫敦的柯蒂斯音樂學院師從加里•格拉夫曼,並在奧托-維爾納•繆勒的教導下主修指揮。伊格納特•索爾仁尼琴是艾利費舍爾職業獎學金的得主,現於柯蒂斯音樂學院任教。

2018至2019年間,他作為鋼琴獨奏,回歸聖彼得堡愛樂樂團,與基東•克雷默合作,及於俄羅斯國家愛樂樂團與弗拉基米爾•斯皮瓦科夫合作,在紐約、蘇黎世和聖彼得堡等地作獨奏演出。

作為莫斯科交響樂團的首席客座指揮和費城室內樂團的指揮得獎者,伊格納特經常獲邀成為不同樂團的客座指揮,最近他指揮的樂團包括:巴爾的摩、布法羅、辛辛那提、達拉斯、印第安納波利斯、密爾沃基、納什維爾、菲尼克斯、西雅圖、多倫多等地的樂團,還有北德意志愛樂樂團、捷克國家交響樂團、以及俄羅斯的許多重要樂團,包括:馬林斯基樂團、聖彼得堡愛樂樂團、莫斯科愛樂樂團和莫斯科交響樂團。他亦與很多世界知名的獨奏音樂家合作,例如:理查德•古德、加里•格拉夫曼、史蒂芬•伊瑟利斯、萊拉•約瑟夫維奇、西爾維亞•麥克奈爾、安妮—索菲•穆特、加里克•奧爾松、米斯迪拉夫•羅斯卓波維契、內田光子等。

最近數季,他在美國及歐洲各地進行了巡迴演出,包括波士頓、芝加哥、費城、聖路易斯、洛杉磯、西雅圖、巴爾的摩、華盛頓、蒙特利爾、多倫多、倫敦、巴黎、以色列和悉尼,曾與不同知名指揮家合作,例如:赫伯特•布洛姆施泰特、夏爾•杜托華、瓦列里•格吉耶夫、克爾茲斯托夫•潘德萊奇基、安德烈•普列文、米斯迪拉夫•羅斯卓波維契、傑拉德•施瓦、沃爾夫岡•薩瓦利希、馬克森•蕭士達高維契和尤里•泰密卡諾夫等。

除了在美國舉行獨奏演出外,他還在多個歐洲及遠東的主要音樂中心舉行了許多獨奏音樂會,如倫敦、米蘭、蘇黎世、莫斯科、東京和悉尼。他熱愛室樂,曾和艾默生、鮑羅丁、布倫塔諾和聖彼得堡弦樂四重奏合作,亦和內田光子舉行過四手聯彈音樂會。作為各地國際音樂節的常客,薩爾斯堡、伊雲、馬爾伯勒和莫斯科著名的十二月之夜等音樂會皆可以看到他的踪跡。

 


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