Alexander Gilman | |
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![]() Alexander Gilman | |
Background information | |
Born | Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Germany | September 16, 1982
Genres | classical music, Baroque, contemporary compositions |
Occupation(s) | violinist |
Years active | 1989–present |
Labels | Sony Music Naxos (company) Oehms Classics |
Website | www |
Alexander Gilman is a German violinist, academic teacher and artistic director of the LGT Young Soloists. [1] [2] He has been performing internationally as a soloist and chamber musician and regularly conducting masterclasses. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Alexander Gilman was born on September 16, 1982, in Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Germany. He grew up in a Jewish-Russian family of musicians and began learning violin at the age of six. Gilman gave his debut performance at the Gasteig, Munich at seven. Beginning in 1998, he attended masterclasses of Dorothy DeLay, Itzhak Perlman, Aaron Rosand, Igor Ozim, Akiko Tatsumi, Mikhail Kopelman and Zakhar Bron. In the summer of 2000, he entered Musikhochschule Köln masterclass of the violin professor Zakhar Bron and later achieved his master's degree at Zurich University of the Arts. [7] [8] [9]
Gilman gained first international media visibility in June 2006 when he won the "WestLB Music Competition" and was presented the Stradivari violin by Frank Peter Zimmermann. [10]
Gilman performs regularly as a soloist and chamber musician. His most notable concert performances include Berliner Philharmonie, Kölner Philharmonie, Musikverein, Shanghai Concert Hall Minato Mirai Hall and more. During his career, he has collaborated with conductors such as Neeme Jarvi, Michael Sanderling, Dan Ettinger, Bernard Haitink, Mario Venzago, Eri Klas and Perry So. [11]
In 2019 Gilman was appointed visiting professor for violin at the Royal College of Music in London. [12] Since 2014 he is also teaching at Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences (the Department of Music) in Switzerland. [13] In 2010-2013 he taught at Zurich University of the Arts as a Professor Assistant of Zakhar Bron.
In 2013 Gilman founded LGT Young Soloists orchestra for highly gifted young soloists aged 12 to 30. The foundation had been created with the main goal to support young talents by giving them opportunity to perform on the concert stages. The LGT Young Soloists has been the first youth orchestra to record for RCA/Sony Music. The ensemble performed in a number of concert halls locations including Musikverein Vienna, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Berliner Philharmonie, Mozarteum Salzburg, Victoria Hall Singapore and many more. Since their founding, the LGT Young Soloists have been appearing regularly at the concert halls of the metropolitan centers such as New York, Beijing, Shanghai, Dubai, Moscow, Paris and Tel Aviv. [14] [15] [16] [17]
In 2006, after winning WestLB Music Competition in Düsseldorf, Gilman was presented the Stradivari "Ex-Croall" (dating from 1684) by Frank Peter Zimmermann, who had previously played this instrument. Gilman also plays a violin made by Ferdinando Gagliano (the last violin maker from the Gagliano family) in 1795, an instrument provided by the Fahrenkamp-Schäffler Foundation. [25]
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