Rostislav Krimer

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Rostislav Krimer
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Rostislav Krimer on stage at a concert
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Genres Classical
Occupation(s)Pianist, Conductor
Instrument(s)Piano

Rostislav Krimer is a classical pianist and conductor, chief conductor and artistic director of the East-West Chamber Orchestra. [1] Intendant and artistic director of the East-West-Festival, Friend of UNICEF [2] and Star Ambassador of the 2nd European Games. [3] He was also founder, general and artistic director of the Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival & Academy. [4]

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Early life

After studying at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and at the Musikhochschule in Cologne, he earned his Postgraduate Diploma [1] and was awarded the Diploma of the Royal Academy of Music at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 2020 became Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. [5]

Concert life

Krimer's first London performance was a recital in Cadogan Hall in 2006. The Musical Opinion Magazine wrote of the performance: "Rostislav Krimer knocked out his audience at the Cadogan Hall...He is a pianist of note: watch out for him". [6]

He has performed with musicians and ensembles including Yuri Bashmet and Moscow Soloists, Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Maxim Vengerov, Fazil Say, Ian Bostridge, Mahler Chamber Orchestra at venues including the Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin, the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, P.I.Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow. He has played at festivals including the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France, the Beethovenfest in Bonn, [7] the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, George Enescu Festival and the Ljubljana Summer Festival.

Krimer is the founder, general and artistic director of the annual Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival, which has been held in Minsk, Belarus as well as other cities internationally since 2006 more than 15 years. [8]

He performed at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games ‘Stars of the 21st Century’ concert along with Kronberg Academy Festival artists. [9] [10]

He was playing concertos and recitals for more than ten years in duo regularly with the pianist Paul Badura-Skoda [11] [12] as well as recorded a Mozart double concerto for ERP-Classics. It was the latest CD of Paul Badura-Skoda. [13] [14] Rostislav Krimer plays in a duo with violinist Sergey Krylov. [15] [16]

Krimer closely worked together with legendary composer Krzysztof Penderecki and performed his piano concerto. [17] [18] In 2018 Rostislav Krimer together with Nils Mönkemeyer performed a premiere of new founded piece of Dmitry Shostakovich at the Shostakovich music festival in Gohrisch, Germany. [19]

The serie of Meczyslaw Weinberg 4 Chamber Symphonies released by Naxos gathered great reviews and 5 stars ratings all over the world including BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, Classics Today, [20] nominated for most prestigious awards such as ICMA and Opus Klassik [21] as well as became CD of the Month by MusicWeb and CD of the Week by Norman Lebrecht. [22]

Since 2022 he is Intendant and Artistic Director of the East-West-Festival in Germany, which gather best artists from the East and West with a Moto "We Build Bridges". [23]

The Orchestra-For-Peace East-West Chamber Orchestra

The Orchestra-For-Peace East-West Chamber Orchestra brings together lauretates of the Tchaikovsky, ARD, Queen Elisabeth, Long-Thibaud as well as concertmasters and leaders of orchestras like Royal Philharmonic Orchestra or Kremerata Baltica playing rare instruments such as Stradivarius, Guarneri del Gesù, Guadagnini, and Goffriller. This unique combination gives the East-West Chamber Orchestra its outstanding sound. [24]

The orchestra is based in the City of Beethoven - Bonn, [25] Germany, and was founded by Rostislav Krimer in 2015. It has also been the resident orchestra of the Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival and has performed across Europe. The orchestra sees itself as an ambassador for transnational cooperation, peace, and cultural exchange throughout Europe and beyond. Since 2023, it has also became the orchestra-in-residence at the East-West-Festival in Germany.

Premieres

Awards

Philanthropic Work

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