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|birth_place = [[Novosibirsk]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
|birth_place = [[Novosibirsk]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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|education = Studied with [[Zakhar Bron]]
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'''Vadim Viktorovich Repin''' ({{lang-ru|Вади́м Ви́кторович Ре́пин}}; {{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>
'''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] {{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>
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 with Dmitry Vaks, on the initiative of which two years later he moved to study with [[Zakhar Bron]], the famous violin teacher. At only eleven, he won the gold medal in all age categories in the International Competition for Young Violinists in Honor of Karol Lipinski and Henryk Wieniawski held in Lublin 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 {{citation needed|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 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]] 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] {{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 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>


==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
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*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"''
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*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]].


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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 partner<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>
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==
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[[Category:Reina Sofía School of Music alumni]]
[[Category:Reina Sofía School of Music alumni]]
[[Category:People from Novosibirsk]]
[[Category:Musicians from Novosibirsk]]
[[Category:Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition]]
[[Category:Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition]]
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[[Category:Erato Records artists]]

Latest revision as of 17:54, 27 October 2024

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Repin.

Vadim Repin
Vadim Repin in 2011
Born
Vadim Viktorovich Repin

(1971-08-31) 31 August 1971 (age 53)
Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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

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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]

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Interviews

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Reviews

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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
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