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Pictures taken Fri 16 July
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The Grieg was sublime, great efforts from the pair, wonderful.
Dan Peterson, Framlingham
Nicely varied programme. Gorgeous violin playing, super intonation and lovely phrasing. Piano playing sympathetic and not (as sometimes) over-bearing. A modern concert is a great clunking instrument against one softer-voiced instrument.
L.Pearson, Creeting St Mary
An excellent concert with a very high standard of performance especially the Prokofiev Sonata.
Arthur Winchester, Stowmarket
Quotes
‘Sitkovetsky has a terrific technique to be sure, but his confident, entirely natural musicianship, is what sets him apart from the crowd.'
The Gramophone
'Mr Sitkovetsky poured his warm tone into the music’s soaring phrases, managing to sustain its impassioned lyricism and preserve its broad arcs of sound.'
The New York Times
Biography
The young British violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky was born in Moscow in 1983 into a family with an established musical tradition and at the age of eight Alexander made his debut performance as a soloist with the chamber orchestra in Montpellier, France. Later that same year he was invited to become a pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School where he studied with Natalia Boyarsky and Professor Hu Kun. He continued his studies with Hu Kun at the Royal Academy of Music. Alexander participated in Master classes given by Lord Menuhin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Mauricio Fuks. Georgy Pauk, Maya Glezarova, Zvi Zeitlin and Abram Stern. In 1998 he took part in a master class given by Maxim Vengerov which was broadcast over the European TV network. Alexander is currently studying with Pavel Vernikov and has just been accepted for a prestigious Further Masters Program in Kronberg where he will take lessons with Anna Chumachenko.
Since their first meeting in Moscow in 1990, Lord Menuhin became a great inspiration for Alexander and supported him through his school years. Together they performed the Bach Double Violin Concerto in France and Belgium, as well as Bartok’s Duos at St James’s Palace in London. In 1996, Alexander played Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in Budapest with Lord Menuhin conducting.
Alexander has performed in many international music festivals throughout Europe, including the Radio France Festival in Montpellier, the Festival Internationale des Jeunes Solistes in Antibes, France, the Festa Torino in Italy, The Leicester Music Festival, the Oxford Music Festival, the Sonoro Chamber Music Festival, Romania, at the Verbier Music Festival and Academy in Switzerland, The Homecoming Chamber Music Festival, Russia, at the Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy, at the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival in Germany, at the Utrecht Music Festival and at the Julia Fischer and Friends Festival in Germany
He has been featured as a soloist at many famous venues throughout Europe, including The Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, St John’s Smith Square in London, Salla Verdi in Milano, Palais des Congres in Antibes as well as in Israel, Hawaii, and Moscow. His performances include concerts in the Barbican, St Martin-in-the-Fields and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. The Strad magazine has featured Alexander as one of the “Stars of the New Century”. He has been featured in a BBC documentary which has been broadcast several times and has made numerous television appearances in the UK. He was featured as a soloist in the “Tchaikovsky Experience” documentary by BBC Television which was broadcast on BBC Two in February 2007. His several Wigmore Hall appearances in London have been much acclaimed. Alexander is also an accomplished composer. His two orchestral ballet scores were premiered in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Dance in 1995 and in 1999 at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
He has released two CD recordings for Angel Records (a part of Capitol/EMI Classics group). His second CD recording for EMI/Angel featuring concerto performances by Bach, Mendelssohn, Panufnik and Takemitsu was released in January 2004 and has received unanimous critical acclaim. This year, Alexander has recorded the Mendelssohn Double Violin Concerto with Dinorah Varsi and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra for Orfeo, and the Bach Double Violin Concerto with Julia Fischer and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for Decca.
He has given a solo recital at London’s Royal Festival Hall, as well as debut performances in New York where he appeared at the Frick Collection Series partnered by Bella Davidovich. His schedule over the last few years have included engagements in the USA with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Constantin Oberlian, Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan, and his concerto performances included his debut at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall and other concerto performances in the UK, Italy and USA. During the 2006-2007 Season he has made further performances with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, joining them as soloist as part of their 50th Anniversary tour in St Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, and also in Bangkok, Bermuda and various cities in the US. Alexander also made his debut with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Southbank Sinfonia, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Alexander is also a committed chamber musician and has collaborated with some of the most important artists of today, including, Janine Jansen, Misha Maisky, Bella Davidovich, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Julian Rachlin, Julia Fischer, Sarah Chang, Natalie Clein, Polina Leschenko, Julian Bliss, Alexander Chaushian, Maxim Rysanov, Sebastian Klinger, Michael Sanderling and many others.
The 2008-2009 season has seen Alexander make his concerto debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Philharmonic with Yakov Kreizberg after which he received an immediate re-invitation for the 2010-2011 Season. He has also debuted with the Bangkok, Monterey Symphonies and the National Orchestra of Ecuador as well as perform recitals in the UK, Europe and in Los Angeles and appear in many festivals all over Europe.
In 2009-2010, Alexander will perform once again with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the National Orchestra in Ecuador, and make his Debuts with the l'Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn, the Mulhouse Symphony Orchestra, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the Kammeorchester Heilbronn in Germany. He will also appear at the Dubrovnik, Utrecht, Cyprus and Julia Fischer and Friends Festivals as well as returning to the Wigmore Hall, and giving recitals in the UK, Holland and the USA.
Alexander has also recently formed the Sitkovetsky Piano Trio with the Pianist Wu Qian and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. Together they have already appeared in many prestigious venues across Europe including the Wigmore Hall and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and received the First Prize at the Commerzbank Chamber Music Competition. Recently, the trio was awarded the 2009 NORDMETALL-Ensemble Prize at the Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival.
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After concert supper 4
After concert supper bookings is now closed
MAIN:
Chicken basque with roasted pepper & tomato sauce
VEGETARIAN:
Wild mushrooms stroganoff (V)
Braised aromatic rice
Carrot batons & fine green beans
DESSERT:
French apple tart with crème anglais
Tea, coffee & herbal infusions
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