Ivan Karizna is a French
cellist
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 ...
. He was
bronze medalist at the
International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011 and ended 5th in the 2017
Queen Elisabeth Competition for cello.
Biography
Ivan Karizna was born in
Dzyatlava,
Belarus and got interested in
cello music when he was five years old. By the age of eight he played his very first performance and since then performed at such festivals as the Belarusian ''
Yuri Bashmet International Festival'' as well as ''
Moscow Welcomes Friends'' of
Russia and
Belgian ''
Musica Mundi''. He also performed with various
orchestras including the Russian
State Academic Symphony Orchestra,
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic
The Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (russian: Симфонический оркестр Санкт-Петербургской филармонии, ''Symphonic Orchestra of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia'') is a Russian orchestra based ...
and
Moscow Virtuosi,
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra,
Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg,
Porto National Orchestra and other. He had numerous performances in other countries of the world including Belgium,
Great Britain, the
Netherlands, the
United States and
France where he played at such concert halls as
Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam and
Parisian
City of Music and
Salle Pleyel as well as
Brussels's
Centre for Fine Arts
The Centre for Fine Arts (french: Palais des Beaux-Arts, nl, Paleis voor Schone Kunsten) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of ''Beaux-arts'') in French or PSK in Dutch. The b ...
. As of 2009 he is a student at the
Paris Conservatory.
In 2010 he represented his nation at the
Eurovision Young Musicians 2010 contest in
Vienna.
References
External links
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Living people
People from Dzyatlava
Cellists
Eurovision Young Musicians Finalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition
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