Nadir Khashimov (born 16 August 1990) is a classical

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

ist who began his studies at the age of 7. He is a graduate of the

Curtis Institute of Music The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on full scholarship. Hi ...

, where he studied with violinists

Pamela Frank Pamela Frank (born June 20, 1967) is an American violinist, with an active international career across a varied range of performing activity. Her musicianship was recognized in 1999 with the Avery Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given t ...

and

Shmuel Ashkenasi Shmuel Ashkenasi ( he, שמואל אשכנזי; born January 11, 1941) is an Israeli violinist and teacher. Biography Born in Tel Aviv on January 11, 1941, he began his musical training at the Musical Academy of Tel-Aviv studying with legendary p ...

. Previous teachers include Vakhob Khashimov, Sergiu Schwartz and Patricio Cobos. He has been awarded scholarships from the

Vladimir Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov (Russian: Влади́мир Теодо́рович Спивако́в; born 12 September 1944) is a Soviet and Russian conductor and violinist best known for his work with the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra. Spiva ...

International Foundation and is also the winner of the Woodruff Award for Excellence. Khashimov has appeared as a soloist with orchestras throughout the world, including the

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, National Orchestra of Russia,

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, Navarra Symphony Orchestra, Czech Republic Orchestra,

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, National Orchestra of Uzbekistan, United Nations Orchestra and the Lagrange Symphony Orchestra. Festivals that Nadir has attended include:

Bowdoin International Music Festival The Bowdoin International Music Festival is an annual summer music school and concert series that takes place in Brunswick, Maine. Founded in 1964 as a program of Bowdoin College, it has operated as an independent nonprofit organization since 199 ...

Sarasota Music Festival Sarasota Music Festival is an American classical music festival held annually during the month of June in Sarasota, Florida, under the sponsorship of the Sarasota Orchestra. The festival was founded in 1965 by conductor Paul Wolfe, who remained dire ...

, Heifetz Institute, and the Verbier Academy. While at Verbier in 2012, he was awarded the Violin Prize of the festival. He has performed in

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es with Zakhar Bron, Vladimir Spivakov, Maxim Vengerov, Ida Kavafian, Anne Akiko Meyers, Joseph Silverstein, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Mauricio Fuks, Boris Kushnir, Daniel Phillips, James Buswell and Ferenz Rados. He has also collaborated with artists Pamela Frank, Roberto Diaz, Colin Carr, Jason Vieaux, Ralph Kirshbaum, Vasily Petrenko, Gintaras Rinkevicius, Vladimir Ziva, Kevin Griffiths, as well as members of the Guarneri, Emerson and Orion Quartets. Khashimov has been a laureate in numerous competitions, including the Young Musicians Republican Competition, Uzbekistan (1st prize), Dvarionas International Violin Competition, Lithuania (1st prize and Special Prize), Kocian International Violin Competition, Czech Republic (1st prize), Enescu International Violin Competition, Romania (1st prize) and Grand-Prix, Novosibirsk International Violin Competition, Russia (3rd prize and Audience Prize), Blount/Slawson National Competition, USA (2nd prize), Paganini Moscow International Violin Competition, Russia (2nd prize), Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition, Spain (2nd prize and Audience Prize), Yankelevitch International Violin Competition, Russia (Grand-Prize), and

Michael Hill International Violin Competition The Michael Hill International Violin Competition is a biennial music competition for violinists aged between 18 and 28. It was founded by Michael Hill in 2001 as the Michael Hill World Violin Competition. Hill remains a major sponsor, claiming t ...

, New Zealand (4th prize).Nadir Kashimov: Portrait and competition programme
/ref> Other notable accomplishments include performance of all the Paganini Caprices in one recital and debuts at the

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's Stern Auditorium, the

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and the Grand Hall of the

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

. Khashimov plays on a

Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (7 October 1798 – 19 March 1875) was a French luthier, businessman, inventor and winner of many awards. His workshop made over 3,000 instruments. Early life Vuillaume was born in Mirecourt, where his father and gr ...

violin from 1828.

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