Elena Denisova (Елена Денисова; born February 14, 1963, in Moscow) is a Russian violinist and festival director. She emigrated to Austria and has been an Austrian citizen since 1992.

Life

The musical career of Denisova started at the age of four. The daughter of a geological scientist and a housewife attended the music school at Moscow Conservatory after which she went to the Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory. At the age of eleven she appeared in her first CD recording. After her studies with the violin virtuosos and

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pupils Valery Klimov and

Oleg Kagan Oleg Moiseyevich Kagan (Russian: Оле́г Моисе́евич Кага́н; 22 November 1946 Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russian SFSR – 15 July 1990, Munich, West Germany) was a Soviet violinist, known for his chamber collaborations with such musicia ...

followed a soloist engagement at the Moscow State Philharmonic. Afterwards she moved to Austria in the year 1990 where she worked at the

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and the festival "Carinthian Summer". Denisova is the founder of the Moscow National Quartet and the co-founder of the chamber orchestra "Collegium Musicum Carinthia". Together with the conductor and pianist Alexei Kornienko she founded the Gustav-Mahler-Ensemble, which among others performs at the annual "Woerthersee Classic Festival". Elena Denisova represents this festival as a director. Ultimately she functions as chairwoman of the 2001 founded association "Classic Etcetera". Simultaneously to these commitments Denisova embraces many concerts, festivals and international tours as a soloist. Among others she performed at the "Flanders Festival", the Viennese festivals "Hoergaenge" and "Klangbogen", the "Ljubljana Festival", the "Russian Winter Festival" in Moscow, the Beethovenfest in Bonn, the "Austrian Musical Weeks" in Bulgaria as well as the "Concerti di Primavere" in Parma. The German composer

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certified Denisova a great affluence of nuances, easiness and expressive power. Eventually Denisova engaged in the promotion of young artists, for example at the Austro-American Institute in Vienna as well as a jury member at international competitions. She also cooperates with different companies, contributing her part at developing innovative strings. The improvement of none-conventional possibilities of interpretation has a crucial significance for her in respect to which her interpretation of Vivaldis "Four Seasons" attracted a lot of attention: Denisova played each season on a different violin from

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. Within the scope of this chamber musical recording two Stradivari, one

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and one Guarneri del Gesù were deployed. The instruments were provided by Oesterreichische Nationalbank and have a total value of 7.2 million euros.

Awards (extract)

*1976: Concertino Praha, Prague *1985: International Violin Contest, Zagreb *1987: International Violin Contest, Markneukirchen

Discography (extract)

*Natural Flow:

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and Monte K. Pishny-Floyd (ORF) *Erwachen der Liebe:

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violin sonatas: Elena Denisova,

Alexei Kornienko Alexei Kornienko (russian: Алексей Корниенко, born 5 May 1954 in Moscow) is an Austrian conductor and pianist of Russian descent. Biography Kornienko's musical education started at the age of 5. After musical studies in Kharkov an ...

(Gramola) *

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Le Quattro Stagioni: Elena Denisova,

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: Elena Denisova, Alexei Kornienko (Gramola) *

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violin concerto A-major op.101: Elena Denisova, Collegium Musicum Carinthia, Alexei Kornienko (ORF) * Jascha Heifetz – Miniatures for violin and piano: Elena Denisova, Alexei Kornienko (Gramola) *

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: Elena Denisova, Grigori Alumjan, Alexei Kornienko (Gramola) *

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: Pieces for violin and organ (Arte Nova) *J.S.Bach; M.Kollontay: Partitas (Etcetera)

References

External links

Official website of Elena Denisova (eng)
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