FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
$60 per hour, $30 for half hour
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
AWARDS 2013 Wichita State UniversityCollege of Fine Arts Award for Excellence in Special Fine Arts Endeavors 2002 Best CD of the Year, Chamber Music America / WQXR Prize forShostakovich Quartets Nos. 5,7 & 9 (Hyperion) 1996 Grammy Nominee for Shostakovich Quartets Nos. 3,5, and 7 (Sony Classical) 1991 First Prize and "Grand Prix Musica Viva", International Competition for Chamber Ensembles, Melbourne, Australia 1989 First and Two Special Prizes, Vittorio Gui International Competition for Chamber Ensembles, Florence, Italy 1989 Second Prize and Special Award of Lufthansa Company, International String Quartet Competition of "Min-On", Tokyo, Japan 1987 Third Prize and Special Award, 1st International Shostakovich Competition for String Quartets, St. Petersburg, Russia 1987 First Prize,3rd All-Russia National Competition for String Quartets, Voronezh, Russia 1985 Second Prize,7th All-Russia National Violin Competition, Kazan, Russia EDUCATION 1985 – 1988 Post graduate studies,St. Petersburg Conservatory St. Petersburg, Russia 1980 – 1985 Master Degree and Artist Diploma, St. Petersburg Conservatory St. Petersburg, Russia 1973-1977 Bachelor Degree, Rimsky-KorsakovMusic College, St. Petersburg, Russia
- How did you get started doing this type of work?
EMPLOYMENT 2014– present Founder of the Leopold Auer International Competition 2014– present Founder and President of the Leopold Auer Society 2014– present Founding Violinist of the St. Petersburg Piano Quartet 2010 – 2015 Assistant Professor at the Wichita State University 2009 – present Director of the St. Petersburg International Summer Academy 1997 – 2003 Member of the Quartet-in-Residence at the Oberlin Conservatory 1991 – 1999 Instructor at the Special Music School for Gifted Children Affiliated with theSt. Petersburg State Conservatory, St. Petersburg, Russia 1988 – 1999 Associate Professor at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory, St. Petersburg, Russia 1985 – present Founding first violinist of the St. Petersburg String Quartet 1984 – 1991 First violinist at the MariinskiTheatre Orchestra (Chief conductors: YuryTemirkanov and Valery Gergiev)