Alexander Rudin

ALEXANDER RUDIN is a remarkable and multifaceted musician: a celebrated cellist and conductor with an active international career in both symphonic and chamber music, as well as a pianist, harpsichordist, professor at the Moscow State Conservatory, scholar of early music manuscripts, editor of chamber music scores, and creator of original musical cycles. His repertoire is vast, encompassing both well - known and rediscovered works for cello. Thanks to his dedication to reviving overlooked chapters of music history, audiences worldwide have been introduced to rare gems such as the Theme with Variations for Cello and Orchestra by Mikhail Vielgorsky, cello concertos by Kraft, Triklir, Facius, Folkman, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, as well as the early version of Antonín Dvořák’s First Cello Concerto. He also performs original editions of Tchaikovsky’s cello works, including the Rococo Variations and Pezzo Capriccioso. A significant portion of Rudin’s repertoire is devoted to contemporary composers, including Valentyn Silvestrov, Vladimir Artemov, Alexander Golovin, Arvo Pärt, Dmitry Kabalevsky, and Edison Denisov. He has collaborated with many of today’s most distinguished musicians, including pianists Eliso Virsaladze, Nikolai Lugansky, Alexei Lubimov, and Natalia Gutman; British violinist Anthony Marwood; and conductors such as Sir Roger Norrington, Mikhail Pletnev, Eri Klas, and Saulius Sondeckis, among others. Alexander Rudin’s discography includes a celebrated recording of Baroque cello concertos, released by Chandos in 2016, which received enthusiastic acclaim from Western European critics. In 2019, Naxos released his most recent recording with Musica Viva—a collection of symphonies by Johann Stamitz, conducted by Rudin. He studied at the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, graduating in 1983 from the cello class of Lev Evgrafov and the piano class of Yuri Ponizovkin. In 1989, he completed his conducting studies under Dmitri Kitayenko at the Moscow Conservatory. While still a student, Rudin distinguished himself in several prestigious international competitions, earning prizes at the J. S. Bach Competition in Leipzig (1976), the Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition in Florence (1979), and the P. I. Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow (1978, 1982). He has since performed with leading ensembles and appeared at many of the world’s foremost international festivals. Alexander Rudin is the Moscow Conservatory professor. As of 1988 Alexander Rudin is the art director and principal conductor of Musica Viva Chamber orchestra.