1. Albert Markov, is a Russian American violinist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue.
11 Facts About Albert Markov
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Albert Markov is the only concert violinist of the 20th and 21st century who composed major music works which are published, performed and recorded commercially on Sunrise label and published by G Schirmer.
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Albert Markov began his career as a concert violinist in Russia before immigrating to the United States in 1975.
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Albert Markov studied violin under Piotr Stolyarsky, Yuri Yankelevich, and Adolf Lechinsky, and composition under Aram Khachaturian.
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Albert Markov has appeared alongside conductors Andrew Davis, James Conlon, Neeme Jarvi, David Zinman, Andrew Litton, Lu Shao-chia, Lukas Foss, Sixten Ehrling, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Sergiu Comissiona, Sir Charles Groves, Nathan Rakhlin, Yuri Aranovich, and others.
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Albert Markov has recorded the violin concertos of Shostakovich, Szymanowski, Paganini, Mozart, Wieniawski, Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Bidzina Kvernadze, among others, and his own violin concerto.
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Albert Markov has written many compositions, including his "Chinese" violin concerto and his Formosa suite, which have been recorded with the Russian National Orchestra.
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Albert Markov has composed three operas, Symphony, 6 Violin Rhapsodies, three Violin Sonatas, and vocal compositions.
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Albert Markov was a founder of the Rondo Music Society and artistic director of Music Festivals in Nova Scotia, Canada and in Bennington, Vermont, USA from 1995 to 2007.
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Albert Markov's son, Alexander Markov, was a prizewinner at the 1982 Paganini Competition in Genoa, Italy and is a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant.
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Albert Markov's wife Marina Markov is a violinist who has played with the New York City Opera and the Bolshoi orchestra.