Edvin Marton was born on Lajos Edvin Csury, 17 February 1974, Vylok, Ukraine and is a Ukrainian-born Hungarian composer and violinist.
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10 Facts About Edvin Marton
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Edvin Marton became known as the violinist of the skaters, mainly because Evgeni Plushenko, Stephane Lambiel, Yuzuru Hanyu, and other famous skaters often skated to his music.
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Edvin Marton was born in an area of Ukraine largely inhabited by ethnic Hungarians.
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Edvin Marton was born into a musical family and by the age of four was already learning the violin from his parents.
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Edvin Marton was eight years old when accepted into that alma mater for the most talented musicians of the Soviet Union, the Central Tchaikowsky Music School in Moscow to study under Leo Lundstrem.
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Edvin Marton gave his first important concert at the age of twelve, with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra.
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Edvin Marton took part in a masterclass given by Ruggiero Ricci, where he won the prize for the best participant.
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Edvin Marton was the Grand Prize winner of the International Course Competition in Berlin, after having been invited by Ruggiero Ricci.
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Edvin Marton has performed with almost all the main Hungarian orchestras, and given concerts in Austria, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.
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Edvin Marton participated for Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and won the event in collaboration with singer Dima Bilan and the 2006 Olympic champion in figure skating, Evgeni Plushenko.
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