Violinist Vadim Repin was born in Siberia in 1971, and at age 11 he won all categories of the Wienawski Competition. His debuts in Moscow and St. Petersburg followed immediately afterwards and at the age of 14 he had debuts in Tokyo, Munich, Berlin and Helsinki and a year later in Carnegie Hall in New York.
At 17 he was the youngest ever winner of the Reine Elisabeth Concours. Since then he has performed with the world’s most renowned orchestras and conductors and in all major music centers.
Vadim Repin recorded the great Russian violin concerti by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky for Warner Classics. For Deutsche Grammophon he recorded the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Vienna Philharmonic and Riccardo Muti and the Kreutzer Sonata with Martha Argerich, and the Brahms Violin Concerto and Double Concerto (with Truls Mørk, cello) with the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly. His DG recordings of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov trios with Mischa Maisky and Lang Lang won the Echo Prize.
I listened to Mr.Repin today, and was hugely impressed with his warm tone and his amazing technique. Here he is, performing the third movement of the Sibelius Concerto:
