Internationally celebrated violinist Alexander Markov has been hailed as one of the world\u2019s most captivating and versatile musicians. Whether performing as a soloist with prestigious orchestras at major concert halls around the world or playing at sports arenas in front of 25 000 people at the NBA game on his gold electric violin, Alexander Markov always makes an instant connection with his audiences.<\/p>\n
Lord Yehudi Menuhin has written, \u201cHe is without doubt one of the most brilliant and musical of violinists\u2026Alexander Markov will certainly leave his mark on the music lovers of the world and in the annals of the violin virtuosi of our day.\u201d <\/p>\n
Awarded a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1987, Markov made his New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall in 1983. A Gold Medal winner at the Paganini International Violin Competition, he has appeared as a soloist with some of the world’s most celebrated orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, the Montreal Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra. Markov has performed with such conductors as Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Franz Welser-M\u00f6st and Ivan Fischer, and has been sharing stages with Martha Argerich and other luminaries. <\/p>\n
Alexander Markov\u2019s recent headlining concerts at Carnegie Hall were filled to capacity and his upcoming engagements are scheduled in USA, Europe, Russia, Japan, the Middle East and South America.<\/p>\n
Alexander Markov\u2019s reputation in the 19th-century romantic virtuoso repertoire is second-to-none. One of the few violinists in the world who performs the entire set of the
\n24 Paganini Caprices in a single recital, he is featured in the internationally acclaimed film about great violinists, \u201cThe Art of Violin,\u201d directed by the legendary film director Bruno Monsaingeon. His CD release and the video of the 24 Paganini Caprices, distributed world-wide by Warner Classics International, caused a sensation and became a best-seller. <\/p>\n
In 2006, Warner released the long-awaited DVD of the 24 Paganini Caprices and it instantly became one of the best-selling classical DVD\u2019s on Amazon. Many Caprices were posted by fans around the world on YouTube and some clips have over three million hits. <\/p>\n
Markov’s musical journey goes beyond his work as a classical violin soloist. While attending high school he discovered and fell in love with rock music \u2013 a love affair that merged with his first love, classical music, when he
\nhas co-written The Rock Concerto with James V. Remington who also custom-designed Markov\u2019s gold, 6-string electric violin. The new, patented electric violin is one-of-a-kind in the world and has a unique sound capable of creating the most extreme contrasts from the soft and sweet to the most powerful and dramatic. The vision of the project is to bridge a gap between rock and classical audiences closer together and to attract young people who otherwise never go to a symphony.<\/p>\n
Markov continues to write numerous new compositions combining classical and rock genres featuring the electric violin, orchestra, rock group and a choir.<\/p>\n
Alexander Markov was born in Moscow and studied violin with his father, concert violinist Albert Markov. By the time he was eight years old, he was already appearing as a soloist with orchestras and in double concertos with his father. The father and son team still perform together in duo-program repertoire in concert halls worldwide. Markov emigrated to the U.S. with his parents and received his United States citizenship in 1982.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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