Vadim Repin
Biography
Born in 1971 in Novosibirsk, Vadim Repin began playing the violin at the age of five and after only six months made his first public appearance.
He studied in his hometown with Zakhar Bron. At the age of seven he gave his first performance with orchestra, at eleven, his St. Petersburg recital debut. His international breakthrough came in 1989, when Repin became the youngest-ever winner of the world’s most prestigious and demanding violin competition, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
Music
Vadim Repin has appeared with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors.
The violinist has won numerous prizes including an Echo Award as “Instrumentalist of the Year 1999”, the Diapason d’or, the Prix Caecilia and the Edison Award.
Vadim Repin performs on the 1736 “Von Szerdahely” violin made by Guarneri del Gesù
Among concert highlights are Beethoven’s Violin Concerto at London’s Royal Festival Hall in 2005 with Ricardo Muti and the Philharmonia Orchestra to celebrate the orchestra’s 60th anniversary
2009 begins with concerts accompanied by the Munich Philharmonic under Christian Thielemann, followed by appearances with the Bamberger Symphony Orchestra and a tour of Israel with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta.
His recording of Brahms ’s Violin and Double Concertos was released in January 2009 and he is supporting the release with an extensive tour of Europe, Japan and the USA during which he will perform these works with various orchestras.
