Alexej Barchevitch (born 6 November 1976) is a German violinist and concertmaster of Russian origin.

Life

Barchevitch was born in 1976 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) to a family of musicians. He attended the special music school of the

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

with professor Larissa Baranova. He continued his education with Jost Witter at the in Weimar. He then began studying at the

University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar The University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany. The Hochschule Franz Liszt, who spent a great deal of his life in Weimar, encouraged the founding of ...

Weimar with Jost Witter and graduated in 1998. Postgraduate studies followed and in 2003 he graduated with a concert diploma. Barchevitch gained orchestral experience as concertmaster of the "Belvedere" Chamber Orchestra, the University Orchestra and as soloist of the orchestra of the International Youth Orchestra Academy. From 2001, this was followed by several assignments as first concertmaster with the

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

(LPO) and with the

Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg The Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg is the largest Bavarian opera orchestra after the Bavarian State Orchestra. It has 91 musicians and is the orchestra of the Staatstheater Nürnberg. History of the Staatsphilharmonie The history of the Nuremberg ...

and the

Frankfurt Opera The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt. Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Shrek's ''Der ferne Klang'' in 1912, '' Fennimore und Gerda'' by Frede ...

. From 2001 to 2005, he worked as first concertmaster at the Meiningen Court Theatre. From 2005 to 2009, he was first concertmaster of "de Filharmonie"/Royal Flemish Philharmonic in Antwerp. In 2009/2010, he was first concertmaster of the Meininger Hofkapelle. Since January 2011 he has been first concertmaster of the Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha, now

Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach The Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach is a symphony orchestra in the city of Gotha. The orchestra was formed in 2017 through the merger of the Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha with the . History Gotha State Orchestra Ever since Ernest I, ...

.Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach
''Besetzung 2017/2018''
retrieved 11 July 2021.

Instruments

* 1997 Loan of a

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (often shortened to G. B. Guadagnini; 23 June 1711 – 18 September 1786) was an Italian luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history. Reprint with new introduction by Stewart Pol ...

violin played by Louis Spohr. * 1999 loan of a

Vincenzo Panormo Vincenzo Trusiano Panormo (1734–1813) was an Italian luthier of Irish and English violins. Panormo is thought to have been born in Palermo, Sicily (Panormo is the Latin version of Palermo). He studied violin making in Naples with the Gaglia ...

-violin, Foundation German Music Life * since 2003 he plays a

Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi (c. 1714 – 1787) was an Italian master luthier who was active in the 18th century during the golden age of stringed instrument making. Landolfi is considered among the half dozen finest stringed instrument makers in his ...

violin

Awards

* 1993 Bundeswettbewerb Jugend musiziert, laureate * 1996 Pierre-Lantier-Wettbewerb, Paris/Frankreich, 1st prize (Grand Prix) and Special prize * 1997 DAAD-Preis (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) * 1998 Andrea-Postaccini-Wettbewerb, Fermo/Italien, 2nd prize. * 1998 Louis Spohr competition, Weimar, third prize

Reviews

„Alexej Barschewitsch rettet Sinfoniekonzert in Gotha“
Thüringer Allgemeine, 12 May 2012
„Beglückendes Erlebnis“
Meininger Tageblatt 29 December 2011
„Hunde kläfften zu den schönsten Tönen“
Meininger Tageblatt 6 Jul 2010

References

External links

Image Videoclip für Weimarer Land (Salve TV)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barchevitch, Alexej Russian classical violinists German classical violinists 1976 births Living people Musicians from Saint Petersburg Players of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra