Alexander Gilman

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Alexander Gilman
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Alexander Gilman
Background information
Born(1982-09-16)September 16, 1982
Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Germany
Genres classical music, Baroque, contemporary compositions
Occupationviolinist
Years active1989–present
Labels Sony Music
Naxos (company)
Oehms Classics
Website www.alexandergilman.com

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]

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Early life and education

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]

Musical career

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. [9]

Performances

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. [10]

Teaching

In 2019 Gilman was appointed visiting professor for violin at the Royal College of Music in London. [11] Since 2014 he is also teaching at Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences (the Department of Music) in Switzerland. [12] In 2010-2013 he taught at Zurich University of the Arts as a Professor Assistant of Zakhar Bron.

LGT Young Soloists

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LGT Young Soloists

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. [13] [14] [15] [16]

Selected works

Instruments

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. [24]

Awards and recognition

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  2. ↑ “Innerschweiz Online:"https://innerschweizonline.ch/wordpress/die-lgt-young-soloists-entfuehren-bei-ihrem-konzert-im-theater-casino-zug-in-die-romantische-klangwelt-skandinaviens/”
  3. ↑ “Baxter Theater Center:"ALEXANDER GILMAN & MARINA SELTENSREICH”
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  5. ↑ Thilo Braun, Von (May 2, 2019). "Eingeschworene statt Einzelkämpfer". Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  6. ↑ “NMZ:"Stradivari für Alexander Gilman”
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  8. ↑ “camerata-muenchen.de:"Alexander Gilman”
  9. ↑ “klassikinfo:"Musik muss einen berühren”
  10. ↑ “Feuilletonscou:"„Wir wollen junge Talente aus den Übezellen herausholen“: Gespräch mit Alexander Gilman, dem Leiter der LGT Young Soloists”
  11. ↑ "Alexander Gilman".
  12. ↑ “Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland. Academic Staff:Alexander Gilman”
  13. ↑ “The Violin Channel:"MEET THE PROS | LGT Young Soloists Artistic Director, Violinist Alexander Gilman [INTERVIEW]”
  14. ↑ “Sean and Heard International:"A Fascinating Programme of Works for Strings from LGT Young Soloists”
  15. ↑ “meinbezirk:"LGT Young Soloists auf Schloss Mattsee”
  16. ↑ “Madlenianum Opera Theater”
  17. ↑ "Naxos Records catalog"
  18. ↑ “AllMusic Review by James Manheim”
  19. ↑ “concertnewsonline”
  20. ↑ Homfray, Tim (October 3, 2017). "Russian Soul: Works for String Orchestra by Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Glinka, Koussevitzky, Rachmaninoff and Rimsky-Korsakov". The Strad. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  21. ↑ “Rondo Magazine:"Russian Soul (Werke für Solisten und Streichorchester)”
  22. ↑ “Alexander Gilman Recordings”
  23. ↑ “Alexander Gilman Discography”
  24. ↑ “Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition:"About Alexander Gilman”
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