Anton Jivaev (born 1976) is a Russian

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who made an international career as orchestra player, chamber musician and soloist. From 2012, he has been violist of the

Gewandhaus Orchestra The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester; also previously known in German as the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) is a German symphony orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall in which it is bas ...

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, and from 2015 violist of the

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Life

Born in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

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, 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

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, U.S., at the Artist Diploma Program of the

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with Randolph Kelly, the principal viola of the

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. As a winner of the Duquesne Concerto Competition, he played Hindemith's ''

Der Schwanendreher Paul Hindemith's ''Der Schwanendreher'' (literally, "The Swan Turner") is a concerto for viola and orchestra. ''Der Schwanendreher'' occupies a place at the core of the viola concerto repertoire, along with the concertos by Walton and Bartók. It ...

'' with the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra in April 1999. In autumn 1999 Jivaev began studying at the Curtis School of Music in

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with

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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, Yevgeniy Sharlat, had composed for him. Jivaev has performed as a soloist, in chamber music and with orchestras, including occasionally the

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, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the

He has played with his nephew, violinist , including Mozart's

Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra The Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E major, K. 364 (320d), was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At the time of its composition in 1779, Mozart was on a tour of Europe that included Mannheim and Paris. He had bee ...

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 The North Carolina Symphony (NCS) is an American orchestra based in Raleigh, North Carolina, with sixty-six full-time musicians. The orchestra performs in Meymandi Concert Hall and performs occasionally with the Carolina Ballet and the Opera Com ...

. He also works as a viola teacher and has repaired string instruments. Since 2012, Jivaev has been violist of the

where he has also played in the

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