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Ilya Dobrovitsky

Ilya Dobrovitsky: "Versatility in Classical Music"

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At 23 years of age, violinist/composer/teacher ILYA DOBROVITSKY is one of the most versatile musicians of his generation, and a veteran on stage. He has worked in a multitude of professional settings—from being a soloist in front of an orchestra, to a concertmaster of one, to leading a chamber music group, to teaching. Furthermore, through his background in business and finance, he has become a deeply-devoted proponent of outreach programs.Ilya began his music studies in Moscow, at the famed Gnessin School of Music. Upon immigration to USA, Ilya continued his studies at the Peabody Preparatory and then at the Peabody Conservatory, of Johns Hopkins University.Before coming to Peabody, Ilya was a prize winner at the All-State, Maryland MTNA Competition. He further garnered many awards at the Peabody Preparatory—such as the Concerto Competition, Part-Concerto Competition, Part-Recital Competition, as well as being a participant in numerous Honor Recitals. He was also a member of the Arts for Talented Youth program, won the Dean's recognition award and many other scholorship awards numerous times at the Peabody Prep. Recently, Ilya has recieved the J.C. Van Hulstein Award (2008), for outstanding achievement in string playing, at the Peabody Conservatory.Ilya has participated in numerous solo-related festivals—both in the USA and abroad. These festivals have included: Indiana University String Academy, International Masterclass (Vastervick, Sweden), Shuan Yin Music Festival (Taipei, Taiwan), ENCORE School for Strings, and Summit Music Festival.In an orchestral setting, Ilya has worked with such conductors as: Seljuk Kardan, Gene Young, Edward Polochek, Teri Murai, Jaime Laredo, and Marin Alsop. In 2007, as a member of Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Ilya played at the Kennedy Center Honors--honoring pianist Leon Fleisher. This event was televised nationwide. As a member of Peabody Symphony Orchestra, and Peabody Preparatory Sinfonietta, Ilya has collaborated with such soloists as: John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Pasternack, Marina Piccinini, and Jonathan Biss.Ilya's teachers have included: Natalia Fischtengoltz, Eleonora Polonsky, Leri Slutsky, Keng-Yuen Tseng, and he is now pursuing his Masters Degree, at the Peabody Conservatory, with Victor Danchenko. Ilya has also been fortunate to participate in the master classes of: Rebecca Henry, Hao-Tan Tung, Nilla Pierrou, Eva Pierrou, John Kendall, Sylvia Rosenberg, Juliette Kang, Henryk Kowalski, Stephen Rose, William Preucil, Dmitri Berlinsky, and Espen Lilleslatten.Ilya's other musical interests include his studies of composition at the Peabody Institute, where he has been taught by Judah Adashi, and privately, by Christopher Theofanidis. Other teachers who had a musical influence include Vern Falby.

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Member Since: 6/27/2008
Band Website: idobrov.com
Band Members: Ilya Dobrovitsky -- Concert violinist/composer
Influences: Violin and Performance:Nathan Milstein, David Oistrakh, Kreisler, Gingold, Menuhin, Ysaye, Perlman, Thibaud, Szeryng, Kremer, Ricci, Heifetz, Stern, Shumsky, Zimbalist, Flesch, Galamian, Baillot, L. Mozart, Seidel, Dinicu, Francescatti, Joachim, Sarasate, Huberman, Polyakin, Elman, Enescu, Szigeti, Callas, Renee Fleming, Bartoli, Franco Corelli, Pavarotti, Fischer-Discau, Domingo, Bjorling, Caruso, Chaliapin, Tebaldi, Horowitz, Schnabel, Rubinstein, Michelangeli, Richter, Gould, Yudina, Lipatti, Cziffra, Neuhaus, Brendel, Perahia, Ashkenazy, Barenboim, Fleisher, Francois, Aimard, Cliburn, Kissin, Bolet, Argerich, Piatigorsky, Rostrapovich, Casals, Yo-Yo Ma, Jian Wang, Bashmet, Primrose, Guarneri/Borodin/Kronos Quartets, Celibidache, Toscanini, Furtwangler, Carlos Kleiber, Mravinsky, Golovanov, Bernstein, Barrueco.Composition:Bach, Sibelius, Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Vivaldi, Hildegard, Palestrina, Monteverdi, Gregorian/Byzantine/Koptic/Sephardic Chants, Franck, Ysaye, Kreisler, Wieniawski, Paganini, Berlioz, Bruckner, Ives, Prokofiev, Lutoslawski, Shostakovich, Ravel, Bartok, Borodin, Korsakov, Khachaturian, Piazzolla, Weill, Hindemith, Chopin, Mahler, Schumann, Richard Strauss, Legrand, Scriabin, Milhaud, Gershwyn, Bernstein, Copland, Reich, Glass, Corigliano, Adams, Stravinsky, Elvis, Beatles, Lennon, C. Anderson, Pink Floyd, Beyonce, Cash, Michael Jackson, Sinatra, Martin, Belafonte, Miles Davis, Peterson, Coltrane, Parker, Kruppa, Armstrong, Hanckock, Goodman, Abba, King Cole, Bennett, Aznavour, Piaf, Dassin, Roby Lakatos, Grappelli, O'Connor, Okudjava, Magomayev, Dylan, Ray Charles, Chuck Berry, Vissotsky, Troshin, Raykin, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Lautrec, Rodin, Picasso, Klimt, Monet, Renoir, Pollock, Basquiat, Van Gogh, Da Vinci, Modigliani, Goya, Gaugin, Kurasawa, Chaplin, Hitchkock, Spielberg, Bergman, Scorcese, Maugham, Roman Gary, Sinelnikov, Dalai Lama, Suzuki, D. Carneige, N. Hill, Stendahl, Musashi, Lau Tze, Sun Tzu, Sufi writings (Rumi, etc), Hamsun, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Kiyosaki, Frost, Orwell, Hesse, S. Zweig, L. Mozart, Salinger, Kesey, Arthur Miller, Remarque. --as well as all my teachers--.
Sounds Like: "Mr. Dobrovitsky...is a talented, hard working young violinist who is an inspiration in my class. He is a sensitive musician who's energetic and enthusiastic character is most welcomed by his peers." KENG-YUEN TSENG, 2007.------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- "Ilya Dobrovitsky...has proven himself to be a very industrious person with a deep love of music and a will to succeed...I think that he has a great perspective for the future in his art." LERI SLUTSKY, 2003--------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- "The Russian Ilya Dobrovitsky, now living in the USA, played the Tchaikowsky Meditation, Op. 42, with a warm sound that could melt ice." VASTERVICK, SWEDEN 2001-------------------------------------------------------- -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------"The other Concerto Competition winner, Ilya Dobrovitsky, likewise exemplifies the extent to which Prep students are driven to excel" PEABODY NEWS, March/April 2003-------------------------------------------------------- ---------------.

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