Evgeny Sviridov (violinist)

Evgeny Sviridov (born 1989) is a Russian violinist and academic teacher based in Germany who turned from the Russian romantic style to the

Life and career

Born in

At the same time, he has been concertmaster for Concerto Köln beginning in 2015.^[1] He has also collaborated with Ensemble 1700 and the Bremer Barockorchester, among others. He founded and has led the ensemble Ludus Instrumentalis. He played as soloist and ensemble player at festivals including Bachfest Leipzig, Thüringer Bachwochen and in Potsdam, Cremona and Brussels, in halls such as the Concertgebouw, Kölner Philharmonie and Konzerthaus Berlin.^[1][2]

He recorded sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber in 2011, sonatas by Antonio Vivaldi, and sonatas by Giuseppe Tartini and his five violin concertos.^[1][2] The 2018 Tartini Sonatas recording, with cellist Davit Melkonyan and harpsichordist Stanislav Gres, was awarded the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik.^[2] A reviewer summarised:

Evgeny Sviridov is a representative of a young generation of violinists, playing on period instruments and combining musicianship with musicological research ... These are strongly rhetorical and gestural performances of music which not only requires great technical skills, but also a thorough understanding of the aesthetic ideals of Tartini.^[3]

Sviridov has lectured Baroque violin at the