Marianna  Vasileva  

   

As   a  winner   of  many   international   competitions   (the   International   Glazunov   Competition,   the  International   Henryk   Wieniawski   Violin   Competition,   the   Prague   Spring   International   Music  Competition,  the  Violin  Competition  Sion  Valais  and  other)  Marianna  is  appearing  repeatedly  as  a  guest  artist  with  famed  ensembles  internationally.    

She  cooperates  with  young  talented  artists  as  Tal-­‐Haim  Samnon,  Miroslav  Sekera,   the  Amernet  String  Quartet  as  well   as   the  well-­‐know  and   renewed  artists  Shlomo  Mintz,   Itamar  Golan,  Paul  Watkins,  Yuri  Bashmet,  Saulius  Sondeckis,  Vladimir  Spivakov  and  others.  

Marianna’s  exciting   charisma  was  admitted  by  Mstislav  Rostropovich  who  has   listened  to  her  for  the  first  time  at  his  anniversary  party   in  1997.  The  same  year,  she  has  her  debut   in  Germany  where  Marianna  had  a  great  success  performing  Bruch’s  Concert  No.  1  for  violin  and  orchestra.  A  year  later,  Valery  Gergiyev  invited  her  to  his  largest  festival  in  Mikkeli,  Finland.  

In   1997   Marianna   became   a   winner   of   the   international   competition   “2000   Virtuosos”   in   St.  Petersburg   and   the   International   Shostakovich   Competition   in   Hannover,   in   2000   –   the  International   Glazunov   Competition   in   Paris.   In   2001,   she   not   only   became   an   awardee   of   the  International  Spohr  Competition  in  Weimar  but  also  won  the  main  prize  of  this  competition  –  a  violin.  The  same  year  Vladimir  Spivakov   invites  Marianna  to  take  part   in  his  exclusive   festival   in  Colmar.   In   2009   Marianna   won   the   1st   prize   in   the   International   Henryk   Wieniawski   Violin  Competition   also   in   the   Prague   Spring   International  Music   Competition   in   2010   and   the   Violin  Competition  Sion  Valais.  

Marianna  got  her  first  violin  lessons  in  the  age  of  five  directed  by  her  father.  When  she  was  in  age  of  7,  she  played  her  first  concert.  Then,  the  famous  violin  players  became  her  teachers:  Vladimir  Ovcharek  (the  Vocational  school  and  the  St.  Petersburg  Conservatory),  Dora  Schwarzberg  (the  High  School  of  Music  in  Vienna),  Zakhar  Bron  (the  High  School  of  Music  on  Cologne)  with  whom  Marianna  continues  her  studies  since  2007.

 

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   “…  Vasileva  weaves  spells  of  her  own  with  technically  dazzling  and  sophisticated  playing  that  belies  her  age  ...”    Music   critics,   audiences   and   fellow   musicians   have   recently  been  calling  Marianna  Vasileva  an  upcoming  first  lady  of  violin.  She   displays   a   truly   unprecedented   violin   technique,   and  resonant  tone,  digitally  precise   intonation   in  all  circumstances  together   with   the   breezy   confidence   and   light-­‐hearted  intelligence  that  she  brings  to  her  performance.

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