Andrey Baranov, violin
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Known as one of the most in-demand violinists of his generation, Andrey Baranov returns to InterHarmony Session 2 for a violin master class. The following day, Andrey joins cellist Misha Quint and conductor Giancarlo De Lorenzo and the InterHarmony Festival Orchestra for the beloved Synfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (normally written for Violin and Viola soloists, but spiced up with cello flare.)
Baranov began playing violin at the age of five and launched his professional career in 2005 at the Saint-Petersburg Grand Hall under Vasily Petrenko, going on to perform with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic London, and many more. He was the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition of 2012, the Benjamin Britten and Henri Marteau International Violin Competitions, and prizewinner of more than twenty other international competitions.
Andrey Baranov is the first violinist and founding member of the David Oistrakh String Quartet. His album, “The Golden Violin”, features romantic violin pieces and won the prestigious “Diapason d’Or” award in 2018. At age 23, Baranov was appointed teaching assistant to Pierre Amoyal at the Conservatoire de Lausanne and since, has given Master Classes around the world. Since 2020, he has been a Professor in Italy and Switzerland. Andrey Baranov will give a Master Class which will bring an additional layer of expertise to aspiring young musicians as he shares his experience and insight as first violinist of the David Oistrakh String Quartet.
Andrey Baranov Biography
One of the most successful musicians of his generation, violinist Andrey Baranov enjoys an exclusive career as an outstanding soloist and a sought after ensemble partner, performing on main stages and festivals in Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia.
He is the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition of 2012, the Benjamin Britten and Henri Marteau International Violin Competitions, and a prizewinner of more than twenty other international competitions, including Indianapolis, Seoul, Sendai, Liana Issakadze, David Oistrakh, and the Moscow Paganini Competition.
Since making his debut in 2005 at the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic Grand Hall under Vasily Petrenko and Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Baranov went on to performing with Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchesra, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Belgium, MusicAeterna Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic, Royal Phiharmonic London, Camerata Salzburg under the baton of conductors Teodor Currentzis, Vladimir Fedoseev, Michel Tabachnik, Walter Weller, Emmanuel Krivine, Yuri Temirkanov, Kent Nagano, Thomas Sanderling, Michael Sanderling and Alexander Vedernikov, among others.
Andrey is the first violinist and founding member of David Oistrakh String Quartet, an ensemble established in 2012, which rapidly became one of the leading string quartets currently performing. His other chamber music partners include, among others, Martha Argerich, Julian Rachlin, Boris Andrianov, Pierre Amoyal, Eliso Virsaladze, Liana Isakadze, Alexander Buzlov, Daniel Austrich, Andrey Gugnin and Kirill Gerstein.
His album „The Golden Violin“, released on the MUSO Label and featuring romantic violin pieces, has won the prestigious „Diapason d’Or“ award in 2018.
Aged only 23 Andrey was appointed a teaching assistant to Pierre Amoyal at the Conservatoire de Lausanne and has since been in demand as a teacher at many international masterclasses. He has been invited to institutions in Bangkok, Chicago, Riga, Vilnius, Stockholm, Moscow, Manchester and other musical capitals. Since 2020 Mr. Baranov is Professor in “Academia del Ridotto” in Italy and guest Professor of “Piccoli Virtuosi International Music Boarding School” in Switzerland.
Born in St.Petersburg in 1986 into a family of musicians, Andrey began playing the violin at the age of five. He studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Saint-Petersburg and Consevatoire de Lausanne. His teachers were Lev Ivaschenko, Vladimir Ovcharek and Pierre Amoyal.