Maxim Vengerov – Wieniawski Variations Op. 15

twitter.com Alexandrovich Vengerov (Russian: Максим Александрович Венгеров, born August 20, 1974) is a Russian-born Jewish violin virtuoso and conductor who was born in the Soviet Union. Born on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, Russia, to a family with musical tradition. At the age of 5, he began studying the violin with Alla Cross, and two years later — with Zakhar Bron. When Bron left Russia in 1987 to teach at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), Vengerov and his mother followed him there, and did so again after Bron moved to Lübeck to open a school there.[1] 1984 saw the 10-year-old Maxim go abroad for the first time; in Lublin, Poland, he won the 1st prize at International Karol Lipiński and Henryk Wieniawski Young Violin Player Competition (years later, he recalled, “I thought Poland was somewhere at the end of the world. One does not forget such trips; no wonder I always remember Poland very fondly…”). Hilary Hahn (born November 27, 1979) is an American violinist. Hahn was born in Lexington, Virginia. Beginning her studies when she was three years old at Baltimore’s Peabody Institute, she was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at age ten, and in 1991, made her major orchestral debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Hahn signed her first musical recording contract at age sixteen in 1996 with Sony Music. She graduated from the Curtis Institute in May 1999 with a Bachelor of Music degree. Hahn plays on an 1864 copy of Paganini’s ‘Cannone …
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