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|birth_name = Vadim Viktorovich Repin
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|8|31}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|8|31}}
|birth_place = [[Novosibirsk]], Russia
|birth_place = [[Novosibirsk]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|education = Studied with [[Zakhar Bron]]
|education = Studied with [[Zakhar Bron]]
|occupation = Classical [[violin]]ist
|occupation = Classical [[violin]]ist
|years_active = 1982–present
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'''Vadim Viktorovich Repin''' ({{lang-ru|Вадим Викторович Репин}}; {{IPA-ru|vɐˈdʲim ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ˈrʲepʲɪn|}};<ref>[http://www.forvo.com/word/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD/ Vadim Repin pronounced in Russian]</ref> born 31 August 1971) is a Belgian (naturalized) Russian [[violin]]ist who lives in [[Vienna]].<ref name="article by Susanna Dal Monte">[http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/307806 Article] {{de icon}} by Susanna Dal Monte on www.oe1.orf.at, 21 June 2012</ref>
'''Vadim Viktorovich Repin''' ({{langx|ru|Вадим Викторович Репин}}, {{IPA|ru|vɐˈdʲim ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ˈrʲepʲɪn|}};<ref>[http://www.forvo.com/word/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD/ Vadim Repin pronounced in Russian]</ref> born 31 August 1971) is a Russian and Belgian [[violin]]ist who lives in [[Vienna]].<ref name="article by Susanna Dal Monte">[http://oe1.orf.at/artikel/307806 Article] {{in lang|de}} by Susanna Dal Monte on www.oe1.orf.at, 21 June 2012</ref>


After hearing one of Repin's performances, violinist [[Yehudi Menuhin]] said: "Vadim Repin is simply the best and most perfect violinist that I have ever had the chance to hear."<ref name="article by Susanna Dal Monte"/><ref>[http://www.beethoven-orchester.de/Newsletter/2011-10/news-2011-10.htm Announcement of the Beethoven orchestra Bonn in October 2011] {{de icon}}</ref><ref name="relationship with Menuhin">[http://www.kultiversum.de/Musik-Partituren/Die-Hoerprobe-Vadim-Repin.html Interview with Vadim Repin]{{de icon}}, among other things Repin talks about the relationship with Menuhin; article by Arnt Cobbers, magazine ''Partituren'', page 62, issue 14, 2008</ref>
After hearing one of Repin's performances, violinist [[Yehudi Menuhin]] said: "Vadim Repin is simply the best and most perfect violinist that I have ever had the chance to hear."<ref name="article by Susanna Dal Monte"/><ref>[http://www.beethoven-orchester.de/Newsletter/2011-10/news-2011-10.htm Announcement of the Beethoven orchestra Bonn in October 2011] {{in lang|de}}</ref><ref name="relationship with Menuhin">[http://www.kultiversum.de/Musik-Partituren/Die-Hoerprobe-Vadim-Repin.html Interview with Vadim Repin]{{in lang|de}}, among other things Repin talks about the relationship with Menuhin; article by Arnt Cobbers, magazine ''Partituren'', page 62, issue 14, 2008</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
Vadim Repin was born in [[Novosibirsk]], Western [[Siberia]], on 31 August 1971. He began to play the violin at the age of five. He went on to study with [[Zakhar Bron]], the famous violin teacher. At only eleven, he won the gold medal in all age categories in the [[Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition|Wieniawski Competition]] and gave his recital débuts in Moscow and St Petersburg. In 1985 at fourteen he made his débuts in Tokyo, München, Berlin, Helsinki; a year later in Carnegie Hall.
Vadim Repin was born in [[Novosibirsk]], Western [[Siberia]], on 31 August 1971. In 1985 at fourteen he made his débuts in Tokyo, München, Berlin, Helsinki; a year later in Carnegie Hall.


==Professional career==
==Professional career==
At the age of 17, he became the youngest winner of violin section of the [[Queen Elisabeth Music Competition]] in [[Brussels]], the world's premier violin competition {{cn|date=December 2013}}. He was a member of the jury in the 2009 violin section of this competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmireb.be/cgi?lg=en&pag=1698&tab=102&rec=662&frm=0|title=Entry for Vadim Repin on the official site of the Queen Elisabeth competition|publisher=Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition|accessdate=16 May 2015}}</ref>
At the age of 17, he became the youngest winner of violin section of the [[Queen Elisabeth Music Competition]] in [[Brussels]]. He was a member of the jury in the 2009 violin section of this competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmireb.be/cgi?lg=en&pag=1698&tab=102&rec=662&frm=0|title=Entry for Vadim Repin on the official site of the Queen Elisabeth competition|publisher=Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition|access-date=16 May 2015}}</ref> Vadim Repin has played under such leading conductors as [[Simon Rattle]], [[Valery Gergiev]], [[Mariss Jansons]], and [[Yehudi Menuhin]].


Vadim Repin has been a frequent guest at festivals such as the [[BBC Proms]], Tanglewood, Gstaad and Verbier.<ref>[http://www.vadimrepin.com/biography.html Vadim Repin Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626060519/http://www.vadimrepin.com/biography.html |date=26 June 2013 }}</ref> In 2010 he played the premiere of [[James MacMillan]] Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under Gergiev which was dedicated to him.<ref>[http://www.boosey.com/cr/news/James-MacMillan-Violin-Concerto-premiere-with-Vadim-Repin/12012 James MacMillan: Violin Concerto premiere with Vadim Repin] article published in April 2010 on boosey.com, the website of [[Boosey & Hawkes]]</ref>
Vadim Repin has played under such leading conductors as [[Simon Rattle]], [[Valery Gergiev]], [[Mariss Jansons]], and [[Yehudi Menuhin]]. He has also played with [[Pierre Boulez]], [[Riccardo Chailly]], [[Charles Dutoit]], [[Michael Tilson Thomas]] (with whom he made his United Kingdom debut at [[The Lichfield Festival]] in 1985), [[James Levine]], [[Kurt Masur]], [[Edo de Waart]], [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]], [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], [[Myung-whun Chung]] and [[Riccardo Muti]].

Repin has performed with the [[Berlin Philharmonic]], [[Vienna Philharmonic]], [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]], [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] and [[London Symphony Orchestra]]. He regularly collaborates with [[Nikolai Lugansky]] and [[Itamar Golan]] in recital; other chamber music partners include [[Martha Argerich]], [[Evgeny Kissin]], [[Lang Lang (pianist)|Lang Lang]] and [[Mischa Maisky]].

Vadim Repin has been a frequent guest at festivals such as the [[BBC Proms]], Tanglewood, Gstaad and Verbier.<ref>[http://www.vadimrepin.com/biography.html Vadim Repin Biography]</ref> In 2010 he played the premiere of [[James MacMillan]] Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under Gergiev which was dedicated to him.<ref>[http://www.boosey.com/cr/news/James-MacMillan-Violin-Concerto-premiere-with-Vadim-Repin/12012 James MacMillan: Violin Concerto premiere with Vadim Repin] article published in April 2010 on boosey.com, the website of [[Boosey & Hawkes]]</ref>


==Repertoire and recordings==
==Repertoire and recordings==
Repin specializes in [[Music of Russia|Russian music]] and [[Music of France|French music]], particularly the great Russian [[violin concerto]]s, as well as [[20th century classical music|20th century]] and [[Contemporary classical music|contemporary]] music. New music in his répertoire includes works by [[John Adams (composer)|John Adams]], [[Lera Auerbach]] and [[Sofia Gubaidulina]].
Repin specializes in [[Music of Russia|Russian music]] and [[Music of France|French music]], particularly the great Russian [[violin concerto]]s, as well as [[20th-century classical music|20th-century]] and [[Contemporary classical music|contemporary]] music.

He has recorded violin concertos by [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]], [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]], [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]], [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]], [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich]] and [[Nikolai Myaskovsky]]. Repin has also made two CDs of violin and piano music works with [[Boris Berezovsky (pianist)|Boris Berezovsky]] and has recorded chamber music with pianists [[Martha Argerich]] and [[Mikhail Pletnev]], violist [[Yuri Bashmet]], and cellist [[Mischa Maisky]]. In 2010, Repin recorded an album of violin sonatas with pianist [[Nikolai Lugansky]].

The majority of Repin's recordings through 2005 were on the [[Erato Records|Erato]] label. However, in 2005 Repin appeared on
[[Deutsche Grammophon]] (DG) on a disc of chamber music by [[Sergei Taneyev]] alongside [[Mikhail Pletnev]], [[Ilya Gringolts]], [[Nobuko Imai]], and [[Lynn Harrell]]; and in April 2006 Repin signed an exclusive recording contract with DG.


==Instruments==
==Instruments==
*1984–1989 [[Stradivari]] 1720 ''ex-Wieniawski-Wieniawski'', as a loan by the UdSSR State Library
*1982-1984 a unique [[Stradivari]] three-quarter size on loan from the Russian State Collection
*1984–1989 [[Stradivari]] 1720 "''ex-Wieniawski-Wieniawski''" on loan from the Russian State Collection
*1996 Repin played shortly the [[Giuseppe Guarneri|Guarneri del Gesù]] 1737 ''Isaac Stern ex-Panette-Panette'', a loan by David Fulton
*1996 Repin played shortly the [[Giuseppe Guarneri|Guarneri del Gesù]] 1737 "''Isaac Stern ex-Panette-Panette''," a loan by David Fulton
*1996–2005 Stradivari ''Ruby'' 1708,<ref>[http://www.evene.fr/musique/actualite/interview-vadim-repin-concerto-violon-beethoven-1659.php?p=2 Interview de Vadim Repin à l'Actualité Musique d'Evene] en Novembre 2008</ref> as a loan by the Stradivari Society in Chicago and previously played by [[Pablo de Sarasate]]
*1996–2005 Stradivari 1708 "''Ruby"'',<ref>[http://www.evene.fr/musique/actualite/interview-vadim-repin-concerto-violon-beethoven-1659.php?p=2 Interview de Vadim Repin à l'Actualité Musique d'Evene] en Novembre 2008</ref> as a loan by the Stradivari Society in Chicago and previously played by [[Pablo de Sarasate]]
*2005 Guarneri del Gesù 1742 ''Il Cannone ex Paganini'' as a loan by the Municipal Administration of Genua for the use in a concert in the city
*2005 Guarneri del Gesù 1742 ''"Il Cannone ex Paganini"'' as a loan by the Municipal Administration of Genua for the use in a concert in the city
*2002-2009 Guarneri del Gesù ''Von Szerdahely'' 1736
*Since 2010 Vadim Repin plays a Guarneri del Gesù 1743 ''Bonjour''
*2002-2009 Guarneri del Gesù 1736 "''Von Szerdahely"''
*2010-2013 Guarneri del Gesù ''1743 "Bonjour"''
*2013-2015 Guarneri del Gesù 1736 "Lafont"
*Since 2015 Vadim Repin plays a Stradivari 1733 "Rode" <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vadimrepin.com/vadim-repin.html#violins|title = Vadim Repin - Official Website}}</ref>
His preferred bows are by [[Nicolaus Kittel]] and [[Nicolas Maline]].
His preferred bows are by [[Nicolaus Kittel]] and [[Nicolas Maline]].


==Private life==
==Personal life==
Vadim Repin married Caroline Diemunsch in 2001. Their son Leonardo was born in 2006.<ref>[http://www.meloman.ru/?id=248&language=switch Profile of Vadim Repin at the Moscow State Philharmonic Society]</ref>
Vadim Repin married Caroline Diemunsch in 2001. Their son Leonardo was born in 2006.<ref>[http://www.meloman.ru/?id=248&language=switch Profile of Vadim Repin at the Moscow State Philharmonic Society]</ref>


His current companion is [[Svetlana Zakharova (dancer)|Svetlana Zakharova]], the principal dancer of the [[Bolshoi Theatre|Bolshoi Ballet]].<ref>[http://www.stprexclassics.com/v3/?page_id=4148&lang=en Announcement] of a joint performance of Svetlana Zakharova and Vadim Repin at the St Prex Classics in [[Saint-Prex]] on 20 and 21 August 2013, published on www.stprexclassics.com</ref> They have a daughter, born in February 2011.<ref>[http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/bolshoi-prima-and-violinist-repin-have-baby Bolshoi prima and violinist Repin have baby] article of Ismene Brown from 18 February 2011 on www.theartsdesk.com</ref>
His current wife<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jan/22/vadim-repin-violinist-portrait-artist Vadim Repin, violinist – portrait of the artist], interview by Laura Barnett, 22 January 2014, [[The Guardian]].</ref> is [[Svetlana Zakharova (dancer)|Svetlana Zakharova]], the principal dancer of the [[Bolshoi Theatre|Bolshoi Ballet]].<ref>[http://www.stprexclassics.com/v3/?page_id=4148&lang=en Announcement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323134128/http://www.stprexclassics.com/v3/?page_id=4148&lang=en |date=23 March 2014 }} of a joint performance of Svetlana Zakharova and Vadim Repin at the St Prex Classics in [[Saint-Prex]] on 20 and 21 August 2013, published on www.stprexclassics.com</ref> They have a daughter, who was born in February 2011.<ref>[http://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/bolshoi-prima-and-violinist-repin-have-baby Bolshoi prima and violinist Repin have baby] article of Ismene Brown from 18 February 2011 on www.theartsdesk.com</ref>


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.vadimrepin.com/ Official Website]
*{{Official|https://www.vadimrepin.com}}
*[http://www.vadimrepin.com/biography.html Vadim Repin Biography]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130626060519/http://www.vadimrepin.com/biography.html Vadim Repin Biography]
*[http://www2.osk.3web.ne.jp/~wistaria/repin.htm Vadim Repin Homepage], unofficial website, very comprehensive
*[http://www2.osk.3web.ne.jp/~wistaria/repin.htm Vadim Repin Homepage], unofficial website, very comprehensive
*[http://www2.osk.3web.ne.jp/~wistaria/disc.htm Discography], up to Octobre 2010
*[http://www2.osk.3web.ne.jp/~wistaria/disc.htm Discography], up to Octobre 2010
*[http://www.productions-sarfati.com/pages/biographies.php?niveau=0&cat=12&lang=2&page=49 Biography of Vadim Repin], Productions Internationales Albert Sarfati
*[http://www.productions-sarfati.com/index.php?lang=2&id=49 Biography of Vadim Repin], Productions Internationales Albert Sarfati
*[http://columbia-artists.com/?webid=1939 Biography of Vadim Repin], [[Columbia Artists Management]] Inc.


===Interviews===
===Interviews===
*[http://www.evene.fr/musique/actualite/interview-vadim-repin-concerto-violon-beethoven-1659.php Interview on Evene.fr] {{fr-icon}}, 30 October 2008
*[http://www.evene.fr/musique/actualite/interview-vadim-repin-concerto-violon-beethoven-1659.php Interview on Evene.fr] {{in lang|fr}}, 30 October 2008
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxsOPV2cPY0 Interview of Vadim Repin] by Mischa Damev from January 2011, published on YouTube
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxsOPV2cPY0 Interview of Vadim Repin] by Mischa Damev from January 2011, published on YouTube


===Reviews===
===Reviews===
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*[http://lugansky.homestead.com/files/Vienna1102.htm Light-filled brilliance], review by Herbert Müller, translated from German into English, from Wienerzeitung, 27 November 2002
*[http://lugansky.homestead.com/files/Vienna1102.htm Light-filled brilliance], review by Herbert Müller, translated from German into English, from Wienerzeitung, 27 November 2002
Vadim Repin (violin), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello):
Vadim Repin (violin), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello):
*[http://www.altamusica.com/concerts/document.php?action=MoreDocument&DocRef=2545&DossierRef=2258 La Palme d'or pour les trois Russes] {{fr-icon}}, Critique du récital de Vadim Repin, Nikolaï Lugansky et Misha Maïsky au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, 25 May 2005, written by Gérard Mannoni
*[http://www.altamusica.com/concerts/document.php?action=MoreDocument&DocRef=2545&DossierRef=2258 La Palme d'or pour les trois Russes] {{in lang|fr}}, Critique du récital de Vadim Repin, Nikolaï Lugansky et Misha Maïsky au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, 25 May 2005, written by Gérard Mannoni


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:54, 27 October 2024

Vadim Repin
Vadim Repin in 2011
Born
Vadim Viktorovich Repin

(1971-08-31) 31 August 1971 (age 53)
EducationStudied with Zakhar Bron
OccupationClassical violinist
Years active1982–present
Websitewww.vadimrepin.com

Vadim Viktorovich Repin (Russian: Вадим Викторович Репин, [vɐˈdʲim ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ˈrʲepʲɪn];[1] born 31 August 1971) is a Russian and Belgian violinist who lives in Vienna.[2]

After hearing one of Repin's performances, violinist Yehudi Menuhin said: "Vadim Repin is simply the best and most perfect violinist that I have ever had the chance to hear."[2][3][4]

Education

[edit]

Vadim Repin was born in Novosibirsk, Western Siberia, on 31 August 1971. In 1985 at fourteen he made his débuts in Tokyo, München, Berlin, Helsinki; a year later in Carnegie Hall.

Professional career

[edit]

At the age of 17, he became the youngest winner of violin section of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels. He was a member of the jury in the 2009 violin section of this competition.[5] Vadim Repin has played under such leading conductors as Simon Rattle, Valery Gergiev, Mariss Jansons, and Yehudi Menuhin.

Vadim Repin has been a frequent guest at festivals such as the BBC Proms, Tanglewood, Gstaad and Verbier.[6] In 2010 he played the premiere of James MacMillan Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under Gergiev which was dedicated to him.[7]

Repertoire and recordings

[edit]

Repin specializes in Russian music and French music, particularly the great Russian violin concertos, as well as 20th-century and contemporary music.

Instruments

[edit]
  • 1982-1984 a unique Stradivari three-quarter size on loan from the Russian State Collection
  • 1984–1989 Stradivari 1720 "ex-Wieniawski-Wieniawski" on loan from the Russian State Collection
  • 1996 Repin played shortly the Guarneri del Gesù 1737 "Isaac Stern ex-Panette-Panette," a loan by David Fulton
  • 1996–2005 Stradivari 1708 "Ruby",[8] as a loan by the Stradivari Society in Chicago and previously played by Pablo de Sarasate
  • 2005 Guarneri del Gesù 1742 "Il Cannone ex Paganini" as a loan by the Municipal Administration of Genua for the use in a concert in the city
  • 2002-2009 Guarneri del Gesù 1736 "Von Szerdahely"
  • 2010-2013 Guarneri del Gesù 1743 "Bonjour"
  • 2013-2015 Guarneri del Gesù 1736 "Lafont"
  • Since 2015 Vadim Repin plays a Stradivari 1733 "Rode" [9]

His preferred bows are by Nicolaus Kittel and Nicolas Maline.

Personal life

[edit]

Vadim Repin married Caroline Diemunsch in 2001. Their son Leonardo was born in 2006.[10]

His current wife[11] is Svetlana Zakharova, the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet.[12] They have a daughter, who was born in February 2011.[13]

[edit]

Interviews

[edit]

Reviews

[edit]

Vadim Repin (violin) and Nikolai Lugansky (piano):

  • Crescendo, review by Noël Godts, translated from French into English, about their recital on 20 November 2002 in Brussels
  • Light-filled brilliance, review by Herbert Müller, translated from German into English, from Wienerzeitung, 27 November 2002

Vadim Repin (violin), Nikolai Lugansky (piano), Mischa Maisky (cello):

  • La Palme d'or pour les trois Russes (in French), Critique du récital de Vadim Repin, Nikolaï Lugansky et Misha Maïsky au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, 25 May 2005, written by Gérard Mannoni

References

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  1. ^ Vadim Repin pronounced in Russian
  2. ^ a b Article (in German) by Susanna Dal Monte on www.oe1.orf.at, 21 June 2012
  3. ^ Announcement of the Beethoven orchestra Bonn in October 2011 (in German)
  4. ^ Interview with Vadim Repin(in German), among other things Repin talks about the relationship with Menuhin; article by Arnt Cobbers, magazine Partituren, page 62, issue 14, 2008
  5. ^ "Entry for Vadim Repin on the official site of the Queen Elisabeth competition". Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  6. ^ Vadim Repin Biography Archived 26 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ James MacMillan: Violin Concerto premiere with Vadim Repin article published in April 2010 on boosey.com, the website of Boosey & Hawkes
  8. ^ Interview de Vadim Repin à l'Actualité Musique d'Evene en Novembre 2008
  9. ^ "Vadim Repin - Official Website".
  10. ^ Profile of Vadim Repin at the Moscow State Philharmonic Society
  11. ^ Vadim Repin, violinist – portrait of the artist, interview by Laura Barnett, 22 January 2014, The Guardian.
  12. ^ Announcement Archived 23 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine of a joint performance of Svetlana Zakharova and Vadim Repin at the St Prex Classics in Saint-Prex on 20 and 21 August 2013, published on www.stprexclassics.com
  13. ^ Bolshoi prima and violinist Repin have baby article of Ismene Brown from 18 February 2011 on www.theartsdesk.com