Vadim Repin (born Novosibirsk, Western Siberia, 31 August 1971) is a Russian violinist. He specializes in Russian music, particularly the great Russian violin contertos as well as French music and 20th century and contemporary music. Novosibirsk (Russian Новосиби́рск, pop. ... Siberia Siberia (Russian: , common English transliterations: Sibir’, Sibir; from the Tatar for “sleeping land”) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting almost all of northern Asia. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... Russia is a large and extremely culturally diverse country, with dozens of ethnic groups, each with their own forms of folk music. ... A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin and orchestra. ... France has long been considered a center for European art and music. ... 20th century classical music, the classical music of the 20th century, was extremely diverse, beginning with the late Romantic style of Sergei Rachmaninoff and the Impressionism of Claude Debussy, and ranging to such distant sound-worlds as the complete serialism of Pierre Boulez, the simple triadic harmonies of minimalist composers... In the broadest sense, contemporary music is any music being written in the present day. ...

In his youth Repin studied with Zakhar Bron, but his professional career began early when, at the age of 17, he won the Queen Elisabeth competition, a major international violin competition in Brussels. Since then he has played with leading conductors including Pierre Boulez, Riccardo Chailly, Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev, James Levine, Kurt Masur, Simon Rattle, Esa Pekka Salonen, and Mstislav Rostropovich. He has recorded concertos by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Shostakovich, and Sibelius, as well as two CDs of violin and piano music works with Boris Berezovsky. The Queen Elisabeth music Competition, a founder member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (1957) has been, since its foundation, considered the world over to be one of the most prestigious, but also one of the most difficult in existence. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the headquarters of the European Union, as two of its four main institutions have their headquarters in the... Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjɛʁ.buˈlÉ›z/) (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. ... Riccardo Chailly (born February 20, 1953) is an Italian conductor. ... Charles Édouard Dutoit (born October 7, 1939) is a conductor. ... Valery Gergiev Valery Gergiev (born 1953) is a Russian conductor and director of the Mariinsky Theatre, whose name is also associated with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera and the London Symphony Orchestra. ... James Levine (born June 23, 1943) is an American orchestral conductor and pianist. ... Kurt Masur (born July 18, 1927) is a conductor. ... Simon Rattle recording Porgy and Bess with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road in 1988 Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born January 19, 1955) is an English conductor. ... Esa-Pekka Salonen (born June 30, 1958) is a prominent Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. ... Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич) (born March 27, 1927) is a Russian cellist and conductor, considered to be one of the greatest living cellists. ... W. A. Mozart, 1790 portrait by Johann Georg Edlinger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) is among the most significant and enduringly popular composers of European classical music. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky   listen? (Russian: , Pëtr Ilič ÄŒajkovskij, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 (N.S.); April 25, 1840 – October 25, 1893 (O.S.)) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , April 271, 1891 – March 5, 1953) was a Ukrainian-born Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ... Nikolai Myaskovsky (ru: Николай Мясковский) (April 20, 1881 – August 8, 1950) was a Russian composer. ... Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich   listen? (Russian: , Dmitrij Dmitrievič Å ostakovič) (September 25, 1906 – August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ... A bust of Jean Sibelius at the Sibelius-monumentti in Helsinki. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit ÄŒeské Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... Boris Abramovich Berezovsky (Бори́с Абра́мович Березо́вский) (born January 23, 1946) (Note: Boris Berezovsky is now officially known as Platon Elenin by the British Home Office [1]) is a Russian businessman. ...

Repin has collaborated on chamber music with pianists Martha Argerich and Mikhail Pletnev, violist Yuri Bashmet, and cellist Mischa Maisky. New music in his repertoire has included work by John Adams and Sofia Gubaidulina. Martha Argerich Martha Argerich (born June 5, 1941) is a pianist of Argentine origin. ... Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (Михаил Васильевич Плетнев) (born 14 April 1957) is a pianist, conductor, and composer. ... Yuri Bashmet is probably the most prominent viola soloist of the day. ... 1948 Born 10 January in Riga, Latvia A cellist, Maisky won the 1966 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and began studies with Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory while pursuing a concert career throughout the former Soviet Union. ... John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the first (1789–1797) Vice President of the United States, and the second (1797–1801) President of the United States. ... Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Russian София Асгатовна Губайдулина, Tatar Sofia Äsğät qızı Ğöbäydullina) (born October 24, 1931) is a Russian-Tatar composer of deeply religious music. ...

Repin plays the Stradivarius ‘Ruby’ violin, made in 1708 and previously played by Pablo de Sarasate. One of the violins in the Stradivarius collection of the Royal Palace, Madrid, Spain. ... // Events March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague J... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pablo Martin Meliton de Sarasate Y Navascues. ...

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