Antonov Sergey
Cello
Biography
Hailed as “…a brilliant cellist…” (M. Rostropovich) and “… a complete artist,
both from the point of view of his unimpeachable technique and musically, with a
cantabile quality and an energy that merge in a harmonious whole...” (Alberto Coda,
Vita Nuova, Catholic Weekly of Trieste, Italy. May 2, 2008). Cellist Sergey
Antonov “… literally spellbound the rapt audience ... with an expressive mastery of
extraordinary maturity, realized through a technical skill exhibited without glitz but
with the naturalness that characterizes a genial interpreter…” (Patrizia Ferialdi, Il
Piccolo, Trieste, Italy. May30, 2008).
In the summer of 2007, Sergey became one of the youngest cellists to win a Gold
medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
He has circled the globe, performing concerts in Japan, Korea, Bulgaria, Poland,
Russia, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, United Arab Emirates and the
US. He performs extensively with the most prominent orchestras, in the most
prestigious halls of Russia, his home country, under the management of the Moscow
Philharmony with whom he holds a five year soloist contract.
In the summer of 2008, Sergey had made his American debut at the Newport
Music Festival followed by solo recitals at Estivales de musique en medoc 2008...
both from the point of view of his unimpeachable technique and musically, with a
cantabile quality and an energy that merge in a harmonious whole...” (Alberto Coda,
Vita Nuova, Catholic Weekly of Trieste, Italy. May 2, 2008). Cellist Sergey
Antonov “… literally spellbound the rapt audience ... with an expressive mastery of
extraordinary maturity, realized through a technical skill exhibited without glitz but
with the naturalness that characterizes a genial interpreter…” (Patrizia Ferialdi, Il
Piccolo, Trieste, Italy. May30, 2008).
In the summer of 2007, Sergey became one of the youngest cellists to win a Gold
medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
He has circled the globe, performing concerts in Japan, Korea, Bulgaria, Poland,
Russia, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, United Arab Emirates and the
US. He performs extensively with the most prominent orchestras, in the most
prestigious halls of Russia, his home country, under the management of the Moscow
Philharmony with whom he holds a five year soloist contract.
In the summer of 2008, Sergey had made his American debut at the Newport
Music Festival followed by solo recitals at Estivales de musique en medoc 2008...
Hailed as “…a brilliant cellist…” (M. Rostropovich) and “… a complete artist,
both from the point of view of his unimpeachable technique and musically, with a
cantabile quality and an energy that merge in a harmonious whole...” (Alberto Coda,
Vita Nuova, Catholic Weekly of Trieste, Italy. May 2, 2008). Cellist Sergey
Antonov “… literally spellbound the rapt audience ... with an expressive mastery of
extraordinary maturity, realized through a technical skill exhibited without glitz but
with the naturalness that characterizes a genial interpreter…” (Patrizia Ferialdi, Il
Piccolo, Trieste, Italy. May30, 2008).
In the summer of 2007, Sergey became one of the youngest cellists to win a Gold
medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
He has circled the globe, performing concerts in Japan, Korea, Bulgaria, Poland,
Russia, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, United Arab Emirates and the
US. He performs extensively with the most prominent orchestras, in the most
prestigious halls of Russia, his home country, under the management of the Moscow
Philharmony with whom he holds a five year soloist contract.
In the summer of 2008, Sergey had made his American debut at the Newport
Music Festival followed by solo recitals at Estivales de musique en medoc 2008 in
Bordeaux, France, concerts in Savonlinna, Finland as well as in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In July, he performed a live concert on the Boston’s radio show “Classics in the Morning”
with Cathy Fuller on WGBH 89.7 FM.
Highlights of his 2008 season included a 10-concert tour of Japan and Korea in
January/February, culminating with performances of the Brahms Double Concerto in
Moscow's Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Other performances included
appearances with the Petrozavodsk Symphony, chamber music collaborations with the
Lyrica Chamber Music Series as their "Young Artist of the Year", and the Chamber
Music Foundation of New England. He gave solo concerts in Trieste, Italy and chamber
music concerts in Dubai, that were followed by concerts at the Great Hall of the
Moscow Conservatory in performance of the Schumann cello concerto with Moscow
Conservatory Symphony Orchestra . After his performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto
with the Moscow Philharmonic in its "Stars of The 21st Century” series, a critic wrote
“…[Antonov] is …unique…from a different world...a musician who has his own
inner space…a performer, who turns each phrase, every deeply felt sound into an event of his own inner monologue…with such consciously developed nuances, sensitivity, such
concentration in combination with the feeling of drama…” (Marina Borisova, Daily
Telegraph, No.91, Moscow, Russian Federation. May, 20, 2008).
This season brought Sergey to Switzerland, Russia, Hungary and back to the U.S.
to perform Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Burlington Chamber Orchestra
in the Lane series in Vermont and Longy Chamber Orchestra in Cambridge, Mass. In
January 2009, Sergey has opened a new music series in Boston called “Great Russian
Years” dedicated to the Great Russian composers. In Spring 2009 he is scheduled to
perform extensively in Russia (January, February, March, April), Spain (March), Italy,
Sweden (April), and Serbia (May) with summer engagements in the United States at
Newport and New Hampshire music festivals in July.
Sergey Antonov was born in 1983 into a family of cellists. His parents guided his
first years, especially his mother, Maria Zhuravleva, a leading cello pedagogue at the
prestigious Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory. His late father, Boris,
was a gifted cellist and a member of the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra. He graduated
from the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Natalia Schakhovskaya and
chamber music with Alexander Bonduryansky. Presently Sergey is an Artist Diploma
candidate working with the Grammy nominated cellist Terry King at the Longy School
of Music.
Sergey won top prizes in the F.Dotzauer and David Popper Competitions, was
named “Favorite Artist in the Cello Division” at the Tchaikovsky Competition by
Toyota Corp., as well as a recipient of the “2008 Golden Talent Award “ by the Russian
Performing Art Foundation. He has triumphed in many other competitions including
first prizes at the Swedish Duo Competition, the International Chamber Music
Competition of the Chamber Music Foundation of New England and the National ASTA
Competition in Detroit (2007).
A great influence on the cellist was his work with the late Mstislav Rostropovich.
Sergey was a frequent participant in his master classes at the Moscow Conservatory,
which led to the maestro's invitation to join him on tours of Europe and Russia. He has
collaborated with such artists as Yuri Bashmet, Yuri Simonov, Justus Franz, Dora
Schwartzberg, Livia Sohn, Eugine Tzikindelean, Vadim Rudenko, Bernadene Blaha, Kevin Fitz-Gerald, John Lenehan among others.
Spring 2009 will bring new collaborations with Maxim Vengerov, David Geringas, Eugene Bushkov and Mikhail Pletnev.
“There are few musicians this talented, with this esoteric ability, being able to
touch the listener so deeply and put them in another dimension. Sergey Antonov is
playing with intuition, he breathes and lives in music; the instrument is a natural
extension of him.” (Sven Bertilsson, Katrineholm Kuriren, Sweden. July 2008)
“…this musician has a serious artistic future.” (Marina Borisova
Daily Telegraph, No.91, Moscow, Russian Federation. May, 20, 2008).
both from the point of view of his unimpeachable technique and musically, with a
cantabile quality and an energy that merge in a harmonious whole...” (Alberto Coda,
Vita Nuova, Catholic Weekly of Trieste, Italy. May 2, 2008). Cellist Sergey
Antonov “… literally spellbound the rapt audience ... with an expressive mastery of
extraordinary maturity, realized through a technical skill exhibited without glitz but
with the naturalness that characterizes a genial interpreter…” (Patrizia Ferialdi, Il
Piccolo, Trieste, Italy. May30, 2008).
In the summer of 2007, Sergey became one of the youngest cellists to win a Gold
medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
He has circled the globe, performing concerts in Japan, Korea, Bulgaria, Poland,
Russia, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, United Arab Emirates and the
US. He performs extensively with the most prominent orchestras, in the most
prestigious halls of Russia, his home country, under the management of the Moscow
Philharmony with whom he holds a five year soloist contract.
In the summer of 2008, Sergey had made his American debut at the Newport
Music Festival followed by solo recitals at Estivales de musique en medoc 2008 in
Bordeaux, France, concerts in Savonlinna, Finland as well as in St. Petersburg, Russia.
In July, he performed a live concert on the Boston’s radio show “Classics in the Morning”
with Cathy Fuller on WGBH 89.7 FM.
Highlights of his 2008 season included a 10-concert tour of Japan and Korea in
January/February, culminating with performances of the Brahms Double Concerto in
Moscow's Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Other performances included
appearances with the Petrozavodsk Symphony, chamber music collaborations with the
Lyrica Chamber Music Series as their "Young Artist of the Year", and the Chamber
Music Foundation of New England. He gave solo concerts in Trieste, Italy and chamber
music concerts in Dubai, that were followed by concerts at the Great Hall of the
Moscow Conservatory in performance of the Schumann cello concerto with Moscow
Conservatory Symphony Orchestra . After his performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto
with the Moscow Philharmonic in its "Stars of The 21st Century” series, a critic wrote
“…[Antonov] is …unique…from a different world...a musician who has his own
inner space…a performer, who turns each phrase, every deeply felt sound into an event of his own inner monologue…with such consciously developed nuances, sensitivity, such
concentration in combination with the feeling of drama…” (Marina Borisova, Daily
Telegraph, No.91, Moscow, Russian Federation. May, 20, 2008).
This season brought Sergey to Switzerland, Russia, Hungary and back to the U.S.
to perform Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Burlington Chamber Orchestra
in the Lane series in Vermont and Longy Chamber Orchestra in Cambridge, Mass. In
January 2009, Sergey has opened a new music series in Boston called “Great Russian
Years” dedicated to the Great Russian composers. In Spring 2009 he is scheduled to
perform extensively in Russia (January, February, March, April), Spain (March), Italy,
Sweden (April), and Serbia (May) with summer engagements in the United States at
Newport and New Hampshire music festivals in July.
Sergey Antonov was born in 1983 into a family of cellists. His parents guided his
first years, especially his mother, Maria Zhuravleva, a leading cello pedagogue at the
prestigious Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory. His late father, Boris,
was a gifted cellist and a member of the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra. He graduated
from the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Natalia Schakhovskaya and
chamber music with Alexander Bonduryansky. Presently Sergey is an Artist Diploma
candidate working with the Grammy nominated cellist Terry King at the Longy School
of Music.
Sergey won top prizes in the F.Dotzauer and David Popper Competitions, was
named “Favorite Artist in the Cello Division” at the Tchaikovsky Competition by
Toyota Corp., as well as a recipient of the “2008 Golden Talent Award “ by the Russian
Performing Art Foundation. He has triumphed in many other competitions including
first prizes at the Swedish Duo Competition, the International Chamber Music
Competition of the Chamber Music Foundation of New England and the National ASTA
Competition in Detroit (2007).
A great influence on the cellist was his work with the late Mstislav Rostropovich.
Sergey was a frequent participant in his master classes at the Moscow Conservatory,
which led to the maestro's invitation to join him on tours of Europe and Russia. He has
collaborated with such artists as Yuri Bashmet, Yuri Simonov, Justus Franz, Dora
Schwartzberg, Livia Sohn, Eugine Tzikindelean, Vadim Rudenko, Bernadene Blaha, Kevin Fitz-Gerald, John Lenehan among others.
Spring 2009 will bring new collaborations with Maxim Vengerov, David Geringas, Eugene Bushkov and Mikhail Pletnev.
“There are few musicians this talented, with this esoteric ability, being able to
touch the listener so deeply and put them in another dimension. Sergey Antonov is
playing with intuition, he breathes and lives in music; the instrument is a natural
extension of him.” (Sven Bertilsson, Katrineholm Kuriren, Sweden. July 2008)
“…this musician has a serious artistic future.” (Marina Borisova
Daily Telegraph, No.91, Moscow, Russian Federation. May, 20, 2008).
