Igor Gruppman (born July 4, 1956) is a Ukrainian violinist and conductor. He is the Principal Conductor of the Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, a position he has held since 2003. In May 2009, Igor Gruppman was appointed by

Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company d ...

to the position of music director of the newly formed Mariinsky Stradivary Orchestra. He currently also is Concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Gruppman is a native of Kiev,

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. He made his debut performance at the Kiev Philharmonic Hall in 1967. He is a graduate of the

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where he studied under

Leonid Kogan Leonid Borisovich Kogan (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Ко́ган; uk, Леонід Борисович Коган; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider ...

and Mstislav Rostropovich. Gruppman also studied with Jasha Heifetz at the USC School of Music in

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. Gruppman emigrated to the United States with his family in 1979. Soon after his future wife, Vesna Stefanovich-Gruppman, whom he had known at Moscow Central Music School and at Moscow Conservatory, also came to the United States, they were married. Igor Gruppman was the concertmaster of the

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from 1988 to 1995. He also was concertmaster of the

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from 1995 to 1998. He was Associate Conductor of the Florida Philharmonic from 1997 to 2003. Gruppman and his wife won a

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in 1993 for the recording of Malcolm Arnold's Concerto for two violins. He and his wife lived in

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until 1997. Gruppman and his wife Vesna Stefanovich-Gruppman were members of the music faculty at

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from 1997 to 2003. In 1997 Gruppman was Guest concertmaster for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Igor Gruppman taught at the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program (connected with the Idyllwild Arts Foundation) in Idyllwild, California for twenty consecutive years. In 2003 Gruppman also founded the Gruppman International Music Institute, designed to teach students from all over the world using distant-learning technologies. Starting in 2004 Gruppman served as Concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Gruppman is also currently a professor at

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, the Rotterdam Conservatoire.''

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'', February 24, 2007, p. 6.

References

External links

Official website of Igor Gruppman

Official website of the Gruppman International Music Institute

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Website biography

BYU Magazine article on the Gruppmans
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