Vladislav Adelkhanov
Vladislav Adelkhanov (born 7 March 1970, in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a violinist, teacher and writer.
Biography[]
Born and raised in Tbilisi, Vladislav Adelkhanov started to play violin at the age of seven. He first studied with David Reizner at a regular neighborhood music school, and as a school pupil performed with the Georgian National Symphony Orchestra concertos by Bruch, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Wieniawski as well as Symphonie espagnole by Lalo. Between 1986 and 1989 he studied with Olga Voitova at the Moscow Conservatoire Music College. In August 1987 he represented Soviet Union at the International Music Festival in Nyírbátor, Hungary. He holds a Master's degree from the Moscow Conservatoire, which he graduated in 1994 from the class of Maya Glezarova. In 1997 he completed Advanced Instrumental Studies Course with Yfrah Neaman at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Between 1989 and 1994 he led several Baroque HIP projects, based on Bylsma and Harnoncourt methods. In 1992 he was awarded the 6th prize at the 4th Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition. Between 1993 and 1996 he worked in the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, and as a leader and an assistant conductor of the Moscow Amadeus Orchestra, partnering with conductors Vladimir Simkin, Helmuth Rilling and Arpad Joó. In 1998 he served as a deputy leader in the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra. In 1999 he gave solo recitals in London, Solihull and Glasgow, and recorded at CaVa Studios.
In January 2000 under a name Vladislav Steinberg his book Travels was published in Moscow by Galaktika Publishing House. Between 2000 and 2005 he taught violin and viola and conducted the orchestra at St Leonards School. In the 2004-2005 season he was appointed leader of the University of St Andrews Symphony Orchestra. His 2004 solo appearances included Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius concertos played in Brechin Cathedral, Caird Hall, Greyfriars Church and Younger Hall respectively. Earlier still, in December 2001 he performed 24 Capriccios by Niccolo Paganini in St John's, Smith Square. His musical collaborations include conductors Gillian Craig, Stephen Doughty and Ralph Jamieson, cellist Robin Mason, pianists Stephen Gutman and Gilmour Macleod. Between 1999 and 2005 he performed under a stage name Vladislav Steinberg.
While living in London between 2005 and 2010 he wrote a book of memoirs Impressions and translated into Russian E. M. Forster’s novel Howards End and Vladimir Nabokov’s novel The Real Life of Sebastian Knight. In 2009 he completed a course and received a certificate in Integrative psychotherapy at the Regent’s College. Between 2010 and 2014 he lived in Moscow and wrote a book of short stories and poems The Visit. Between 2014 and 2018 he lived in Sofia where he taught violin at the Lyubomir Pipkov National Music College. In December 2014 he was awarded the 1st prize in the prose category for that year by Chicago based Russian language literary magazine Lexicon for his 2011 short story Translator Sergey.
Personal life[]
Vladislav Adelkhanov is a great-grandson of Simon Steinberg and a nephew of Emil Adelkhanov.
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- 20th-century classical violinists
- Male classical violinists
- Classical violinists from Georgia (country)
- 1970 births
- Living people
- 21st-century classical violinists
- 20th-century male musicians
- 21st-century male musicians