Anton Jivaev (born 1976) is a Russian violist who made an international career as orchestra player, chamber musician and soloist. From 2012, he has been violist of the

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in Leipzig, and from 2015 violist of the Gewandhaus Quartet.

Life

Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Jivaev was born to a family of Russian musicians. He received violin lessons from age seven at 's class of the Uspensky-Schule, a music high school for musically gifted children affiliated to the Tashkent conservatory. After graduating from school he was accepted at the conservatory, switching to viola at age 16, where he studied for three years with Alexander Polonsky. From 1997, Jivaev continued his studies in Pittsburgh, U.S., at the Artist Diploma Program of the Duquesne University with Randolph Kelly, the principal viola of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. As a winner of the Duquesne Concerto Competition, he played Hindemith's '' Der Schwanendreher'' with the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra in April 1999. In autumn 1999 Jivaev began studying at the Curtis School of Music in Philadelphia with Joseph de Pasquale and later with Roberto Diaz. In December 2000, Jivaev played the world premiere of the Concertino for viola and ensemble at the Curtis School of Music, which another graduate,

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, had composed for him. Jivaev has performed as a soloist, in

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and with orchestras, including occasionally the New York Philharmonic, the

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, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra He has played with his nephew, violinist , including Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra with the Classical Tahoe Orchestra, and with his sister, pianist Elena Jivaeva.Elena Jivaeva
on Curtis Music Institute From September 2006 to 2012 Jivaev played principal viola with the North Carolina Symphony. He also works as a viola teacher and has repaired string instruments. Since 2012, Jivaev has been violist of the

in Leipzig where he has also played in the Gewandhaus Quartet from 2015. The quartet performed a cycle of Beethoven string quartets in China and Japan.

References

External links

* * Werner Kopfmüller
Klare Rollenverteilung25 Jahre als Primarius: Festkonzert für Frank-Michael Erben und das Gewandhaus-Quartett
(in German) sinfonialeipzig.de 15 January 2019
The Tanglewood Music Center is known around the world as a top-tier summer academy for advanced musical study.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jivaev, Anton Russian classical violists 1976 births Living people Musicians from Tashkent Curtis Institute of Music alumni Uzbekistani emigrants to the United States