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Anton Jivaev

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Anton Jivaev (born in 1976) is a Russian violist.[1]

Life

Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Jivaev was born in the third generation into a family of Russian musicians. At the age of seven he joined Nathan Mendelssohn at the Uspensky-Schule, a music high school for musically gifted children, which is affiliated to the Tashkent conservatory. At the age of 14 he was accepted into the Uzbek chamber orchestra "The Uzbekistan Soloists".

After graduating from school he was accepted at the conservatory, switched from the violin to the viola and studied for three years with Alexander Polonsky.

In 1997 Jivaev went to the US and studied in Pittsburgh at the Artist Diploma Program of the Duquesne University with Randolph Kelly, the principal viola of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. As winner of the Duquesne Concerto Competition, he also played with the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra in April 1999.[2]

In autumn 1999 Jivaev began studying at the Curtis School of Music in Philadelphia with Joseph de Pasquale and later with Roberto Diaz. In December 2000, Jivaev played the world premiere of the Concertino for viola and small instrumentation at the Curtis School of Music, which another graduate, Yevgeniy Sharlat, had composed especially for him. After completing his studies in 2004, Jivaev went on tour in Japan as principal viola of the Curtis Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Silverstein.

Jivaev attended the master classes of Pinchas Zukerman, Kim Kashkashian and Gerard Causse.

From 2000 onwards, Jivaev was a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra conducted by James Levine and travelled with it to guest performances in international cities. He played at the Proms in London, at the Menton Festival in France and played Mozart's violin concertos with Maxim Vengerov as soloist for EMI. From 2000 to 2003 he performed with the Delancey Quartet and worked with Isaac Stern, Leon Fleisher, Joseph Kallichstein and the Emerson Quartet as well as the Guarneri String Quartet, including in 2001 at the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Workshop at Carnegie Hall.

Jivaev performs as a soloist, in chamber music instrumentation and with orchestras like, among others, the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as a temp, occasionally together with his nephew - Daniel Khalikov [de], violin - and his sister, the pianist Elena Jivaeva.[3]

From September 2006 to 2012 Jivaev was principal viola with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra in Raleigh. He also works as a viola teacher, repairing string instruments.

Since 2012 Jivaev has been engaged as violist with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

References

  1. ^ Anton Jivaev on Classical Tahoe
  2. ^ Anton Jivaev on Pittsburg Concert Society
  3. ^ Elena Jivaeva on Curtis Music Institute
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