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M° Silvia MARCOVICI - violinista Nata in Romania, è uno dei più famosi e apprezzati violinisti dei nostri tempi. Studente del Professor Stefan Gheorghiu al Conservatorio di Bucarest, ha fatto il suo debutto professionale a sedici anni con la Residentie Orkest dell'Aja sotto Bruno Maderna. Qualche anno più tardi ha vinto il Primo Premio al Concorso Marguerite Long / Jacques Thibaud a Parigi, il Premio Speciale del Principe Ranieri di Monaco per l'interpretazione di un'opera contemporanea; e il Primo Premio al Concorso Internazionale George Enescu a Bucarest. Da allora, le sue perfomances l'hanno portata nelle migliori orchestre in Europa, Israele, Giappone, Nord e Sud America, esibendosi con i più celebri direttori come Leopold Stokowski, Claudio Abbado, Erich Leinsdorf, Bernard Haitink, Kurt Masur, Eugene Ormandy , Kirill Petrenko, Simon Rattle, Eliahu Inbal, Zubin Mehta, David Zinman, Mstislav Rostropovich, André Previn, Riccardo Muti, Neeme e Paavo Järvi, Michael Gilen, Herbert Blomstedt e molti altri. E’ stata solista con la maggior parte delle grandi orchestre del mondo come l’Orchestra Sinfonica di Londra, l’Orchestra Filarmonica Reale, l’Orchestra Reale Concertgebouw, l'Orchestra Nazionale di Francia, l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano, la Filarmonica di New York, l’Orchestra di Filadelfia, la Filarmonica di Los Angeles, la Sinfonica di Chicago, la Filarmonica di Israele, l’Orchestra Sinfonica NHK, l’Orchestra di Cleveland ecc. Musicista poliedrica e di affascinante presenza scenica, ha mantenuto un ricco coinvolgimento anche nella musica da camera. E’ apparsa spesso con pianisti come Evgeny Kissin, Boris Berezovsky, Pascal Rogé, Valentin Gheorghiu; e i violoncellisti David Geringas, Lynn Harrell, Antonio Meneses, Boris Pergamenscikov. Ha numerose registrazioni acclamate dalla critica, tra cui l'esecuzione dal vivo del Concerto per violino di Glazunov con l’Orchestra Sinfonica di Londra con Leopold Stokowski, il Concerto per violino Sibelius con l'Orchestra Sinfonica di Göteborg con Neeme Järvi, il Concerto per violino Nielsen con l'Orchestra Sinfonica di Montpellier con Yoël Levi e le sonate di Beethoven per pianoforte e violino con Valentin Gheorghiu. La casa discografica canadese DOREMI ha pubblicato diversi suoi CD e DVD nella serie di spettacoli dal vivo “Tesori Leggendari”. E’ insegnante appassionata e attiva, attualmente Professore all'Università di Arti dello Spettacolo di Graz, in Austria. .

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