Bashmet biography

An outstanding musician who, for the first time in the history of music, made an alt a full -fledged solo instrument. Yuri Bashmet was born in the year in Rostov-on-Don. Father - Bashmet Abram Borisovich -, engineer of railway transport. Mother - Krichever Maya Zinovievna, philologist, worked in the training department of the Lviv Conservatory. In the year, the family moved to Lviv.

In the year he graduated from the Lviv secondary special music school. From a year he studied at the Moscow Conservatory. His first teacher of Alta was Professor Vadim Borisovsky, and after his death, from a year, Professor Fedor Druzhinin. Under his leadership, Yuri Bashmet underwent an internship and training in the assistant of the Moscow Conservatory - as early as his student years, the musician became the laureate of international competitions in Budapest G.

Bashmet was spoke as a phenomenally gifted artist. In the year, Yuri Bashmet acquires Alt Master Paolo tester Milan,, which he plays to the present. The active concert activity of Yu. Bashmet began in the year with a tour of Germany with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, which founded R. Yuri Bashmet is the founder and chairman of the jury of the first and the only Altistov International Competition in Russia in Moscow.

He is the president of the International Competition of Altistov. Since the year, Yuri Bashmet has been teaching at the Moscow Conservatory; From the year - Associate Professor, from the year - a professor. Since the year of Yu. His students, among whom are many laureates of international competitions, play in the largest orchestras of the world. In the year, he creates and heads at the Moscow Conservatory “The Experimental Department of Alta”, which, in addition to the works of a solo altum repertoire in the student’s program, includes an expanded study of altov parties in chamber, opera and symphonic music, as well as an in -depth study of the history of the performing styles of the past and modernity.

Since the beginning of the year of conducting activity, Maestro Bashmet confirmed the brilliant reputation of the charismatic contemporary artist with an impeccable taste and sense of style. In the year, Yu. Bashmet creates the chamber orchestra "soloists of Moscow." In the year, being on tour abroad, Yu. Bashmet, as the artistic director of the orchestra, signed a temporary contract for the work of the team with the city of Montpellier France.

Subsequently, the orchestra’s musicians decided to stay in France, which was absolutely unacceptable for the Bashmet, because, signing the contract, he was not going to leave Russia, which was and remains his house.

Bashmet decides to abandon the leadership of the orchestra and leaves the team, giving musicians the right to choose to stay or return to Russia. Soon the ensemble ceases to exist. Today his musicians work in various creative groups abroad. The Bashmet recreates the chamber ensemble “Soloists of Moscow”, whose participants are the most talented young musicians in Russia, graduates and graduate students of the Moscow Conservatory.

Today, without this team, it is difficult to imagine the full -blooded artistic life of our planet. The ensemble played many concerts in different countries of the world. In the year, the ensemble, together with Yuri Bashmet, became the winner of the Grammy Award. This is the first Russian chamber ensemble awarded this prestigious award in its entire summer history.

Since the year, Yuri Bashmet has been the artistic director and chief conductor of the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra. The symphonic subscriptions of the Bashmet in the central halls of Moscow reveal the scale of the musician's creative addictions. Twisting and television companies of different countries in England, France, Russia shot several films about its work. Bashmet is conducting wide educational work, being a TV presenter and artistic director of television programs “Dream Station” and “Music in the Museums of the World”.

Many years of creative friendship and numerous joint concerts were connected by Yuri Bashmet and Svyatoslav Richter, and after the death of Richter, who, for 16 years, the artistic director of the legendary “December evenings”, Yuri Bashmet became his successor. In addition, one of the largest music festivals in the world, the maestro is headed by the music festivals “Elba - the Musical Island of Europe” Italy, the Winter Festival of Classical Music in Sochi, the musical festivals of Yuri Bashmet in Minsk Belarus, Yaroslavl, Khabarovsk and Penza.

The international charity fund created by the musician established the International Prize. Yuri Bashmet is a participant in many of the largest charitable actions of global significance: in Carnegie Hall with the participation of Elton John and Stevie Uander, in London Memory of Princess Diana and Concerts, the fees from which were sent to funds to the victims of natural disasters in Armenia, Japan, and the assistance funds for children with disabilities.

His contribution to peacekeeping activities is difficult to overestimate. The high civil position of Yuri Bashmet, combined with his outstanding creative activity, put his name in a number of the greatest names of our time.The performing art of Yuri Bashmet is constantly in the focus of the domestic and world community. His work found its recognition in a variety of awards and regalia in his homeland and abroad.

State Prizes of Russia G. Yuri Bashmet - Honorary Academician of the London Academy of Arts. In the year, he was awarded one of the most prestigious Sonnings Musikfond prizes awarded in Copenhagen. In the year, by decree of the Minister of Culture of France, Yuri Bashmet was awarded the title of officer of elegant arts and literature. B - the head of the government of Lithuania notes his invaluable contribution to world art by the Order of the Lithuanian Republic, and the president of Italy assigns him the title of commander of the Order for Merit to the Italian Republic.

In the year, Russian President V. Putin awards him the Order for Merit to the Fatherland. In the year, for a significant contribution to the development of Belarusian-Russian cultural ties, Yuri Bashmet was awarded the Order of Francis Skorina. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Charitable Fund Oleg Deripaska "Free business". In the year he was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland of the IV degree.