In 1991, Gluzman, then a teenager, was
granted five minutes to play for Isaac Stern,
one of the greatest violinists ever. A wonderful
friendship was born immediately, and through Stern's
recommendation, a year later the America-Israel
Cultural Foundation loaned Gluzman the Pietro
Guarneri violin. Two years after that, Gluzman
was named recipient of the prestigious Henryk
Szeryng Foundation 1994 Career Award.
In 1996, Gluzman became the
owner of a bow from the Szeryng collection. He
now plays the outstanding 1690 ex-Leopold Auer
Stradivarius on extended loan to him through the
generous efforts of the Stradivari Society of
Chicago, a unique organization that brings together
the most precious instruments by the greatest
makers and their owners, together with exceptional
young talent.
Ukrainian violist Vadim
Gluzman is considered to be one of the hottest
young soloists currently performing on the international
concert stage. A critic for The Washington
Post recently stated that he has "a
commanding technique, spontaneity, and visionary
breadth ... capable of both delicate nuances and
incendiary passion." And in a review written
during his current concert tour, The Detroit
News music critic Lawrence B. Johnson proclaimed,
"In many ways, the 29-year-old Gluzman recalls
the late Isaac Stern in his prime. Gluzman possesses
Stern's rare passion, his physical strength and
his electrifying propensity for altering rhythms
and phrases. In other words, there is Stern's
singular Gypsy spirit in Gluzman - and that quality
extends to a consummate sweetness in his playing
... unflagging brilliance and memorable originality."
Gluzman has performed throughout
the United States, Europe, Russia, Japan and Canada
as a soloist, chamber musician and in duos with
his wife, pianist Angela Yoffe. In 2001, Gluzman
made his Carnegie Hall concerto debut and his
third consecutive tour of Japan. Gluzman studied
with Zakhar Bron and later with Yair Kless at
the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv and has
also studied in the U.S. with Arkady Fomin and
at the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay and
Masao Kawasaki.
About the Violin...
Vadim Gluzman performs on
the exceptional Antonio Stradivari violin "ex-Leopold
Auer" on loan to him from the Stradivari Society
of Chicago. The violin takes its name from
Leopold
Auer (1845-1930) one of the greatest and most
influential violin pedagogues of all times.
The
founder of the great "Russian violin tradition,"
he taught Jascha Heifetz, Misha Elman, Nathan
Milstein, Efrem Zimbalist and other luminaries
at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and later,
bringing his art to the United States, at the
Institute of Musical Art in New York and the
Curtis
Institute in Philadelphia.
After Leopold Auer, the violin
had been in the possession of numerous distinguished
collectors. The present owner acquired the violin
for a very noble cause - for use by outstanding
young violinists in association with the Stradivari
Society, a unique organization that brings together
the most precious instruments by the greatest
makers and their owners, together with exceptional
young talent.
Built in 1690, the "Auer"
has a beautiful, noble voice. Its luscious low
register, penetrating E string, immensely
wide
color-palette, and power of projection have mesmerized
audiences everywhere it has been heard.
In an interview with The Chicago
Tribune Magazine, Vadim Gluzman said: "Words
cannot
describe how wonderful this instrument is. It
makes me run 15 times faster, dive 15 times
deeper.
When I first picked up this violin and notes
emanated from my bow, I understood that my life
had changed." |
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