Presented by the New Conservatory of Dallas
Arkady Fomin, Artistic Director

Symphony of Toys™ is a unique family concert presentation, in which young musicians of the New Conservatory of Dallas, via the medium of music, help to provide holiday gifts for other children in the area through Santa’s Helpers Toy Drive.

www.symphonyoftoys.org

Arkady Fomin, violinist, was born in Riga, Latvia, where he received his musical training at the Latvian State Conservatory with legendary pedagogue, Voldemar Sturestep. As a chamber musician and soloist, Mr. Fomin has collaborated in performances with Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Borok, Schlomo Mintz, Atar Arad, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and the late Stephen DeGroot, among others. His active concert schedule has taken him to Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Austria, Japan, and throughout the United States including the critically acclaimed performance with the CLAVIER TRIO in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York. In addition to his duties as a violinist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Mr. Fomin is founder and Artistic Director of the New Conservatory of Dallas, Artistic Director of the Conservatory Music in the Mountains in Durango, Colorado, and Director of the Music Academy at Schloss Ort in Gmunden, Austria. In 2002, Mr. Fomin began his affiliation as Artist in Residency at Colorado State University. His association with University of Texas at Dallas has been long and distinguished. In 1980, he was honored as recipient of the Cowlishaw Artist-in-Residence Award at the University of Texas at Dallas for artistic achievement and contributions to the City of Dallas. Presently, Mr. Fomin is a member of the faculty and Artist in Residency at UTD.