Gidon Kremer
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Gidon Kremer (Latvian: Gidons Krēmers; born 27 February 1947) is a Latvian classical violinist, artistic director, and founder of Kremerata Baltica.
Life and career
Gidon Kremer was born in
Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels. In 1969, he won second prize at the Montreal International Violin Competition (shared with Oleh Krysa), followed by first prize at the Paganini Competition in Genoa, and finally first prize again in 1970 at the International Tchaikovsky Competition
in Moscow.
Kremer's first concert in the West was in Vienna's
Baltic region.[1] He was also among the artistic directors of the festival "Art Projekt 92" in Munich and is director of the Musiksommer Gstaad festival (1996/97) and Basel ("les musiques") in Switzerland. In 2007–2008, he and Kremerata Baltica toured with the classical musical comedy duo Igudesman & Joo. He also made regular appearances at the Verbier Festival until the summer of 2011, when he publicly criticised the perceived 'star culture' aspect of the festival and withdrew from the festival.[3]
He has performed works by
Valentyn Sylvestrov, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer. Among the many composers who have dedicated works to him are Sofia Gubaidulina (Offertorium) and Luigi Nono (La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura), Alfred Schnittke, Giya Kancheli, Victor Kissine
.
His partners in performance include Valery Afanassiev, Martha Argerich,[5] Mikhail Pletnev, Oleg Maisenberg, Vadim Sakharov, Mischa Maisky, Yo-Yo Ma, Clemens Hagen, Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, Yuri Bashmet, Kim Kashkashian, Thomas Zehetmair, Tatiana Grindenko and Per Arne Glorvigen.
He has a large discography on the
ECM[6] and Nonesuch Records. Celebrating the 70th birthday (27 February 2017) of Gidon Kremer, on 14 October 2016 Deutsche Grammophon released an original jackets box set "GIDON KREMER Complete Concerto Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon".[7] ECM Records marked the occasion with a new album of all Mieczysław Weinberg's chamber symphonies,[8] released in January 2017, recorded together with Kremerata Baltica
.
In other media, Kremer played the role of Paganini in
Frühlingssinfonie ("Spring Symphony") and was the music director of the film Le joueur de violon by Charles Van Damme.[citation needed
]
Kremer is the author of four books on music, including Fragments of Childhood (Kindheitsplitter) and Letters to a Young Pianist (2013).
Honours and awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (2016, Germany)[9]
- Praemium Imperiale award (2016, Japan)[10]
- Grammy Award nomination in 2015 for recording “Mieczysław Weinberg” (ECM New Series, 2014) in the category of Classical Music: Best Classical Compendium [11]
- Una Vita Nella Musica – Artur Rubinstein Prize from Venice in 2011
- Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (23 December 2011, Italy)
- Lifetime Achievement Awardof the Istanbul Music Festival in 2010
- Rolf Schock Prizefor the Musical Arts from Stockholm in 2008
- Saeculum Glashütte Original MusikFestspielPreis from Dresden in 2007[12]
- Grammy Award in 2002 for recording “After Mozart” (Nonesuch, 2001) in the category of Classical Music: Best Small Ensemble Performance[13]
- ECHO Klassik prize in 2002 for recording “After Mozart” (Nonesuch, 2001)[14]
- IMC-UNESCO International Music Prize (2001, performers category, jointly awarded to Oumou Sangaré)[15]
- Lithuanian Great Duke Gediminas Medal (2000, Lithuania)
- Triumph Prize 2000 (Moscow)
- Latvian Great Music Award (1995, 2004, Latvia)
- Officer of the Order of the Three Stars (12 March 1997, Latvia)[16]
- Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science (1997)
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize (1989, Denmark)
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (1982)
- International Tchaikovsky Competition (first prize, 1970, Moscow)
- Paganini Competition (first prize, 1969, Genoa)
- Montreal International Violin Competition (second prize, 1969, Montreal)[17]
- Queen Elisabeth Music Competition(third prize, 1967, Brussels)
References
- ^ a b Charlotte Higgins (22 November 2000). "Perfect isn't good enough". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
- ^ "Lockenhaus: Gidon Kremer zieht sich zurück". Der Standard. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ Jeremy Eichler (12 October 2011). "Having denounced star system, Gidon Kremer comes to Longy". Boston Globe. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ Andrew Clements (6 December 2012). "Hommage à Piazzolla – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ Andrew Clements (24 April 2009). "Schumann: Violin Sonata No 2; Kinderszenen; Bartók: Solo Violin Sonata; Violina Sonata No 1; etc: Kremer/Argerich". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ Andrew Clements (20 February 2014). "Weinberg: Sonata No 3; Trio; Sonatina; Concertino; Symphony No 10 – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "KREMER Complete Concerto Recordings – 22 CDS – Buy Now". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "MIECZYSŁAW WEINBERG: CHAMBER SYMPHONIES & PIANO QUINTET, KREMERATA BALTICA, GIDON KREMER". ECM Records.
- ^ "Pour le Mérite: Gidon Kremer" (PDF). www.orden-pourlemerite.de. 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Violinist Krēmers receives Japan's prestigious art prize". eng.lsm.lv. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ 57th Annual Grammy Awards
- nmz(in German). June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ 44th Annual Grammy Awards
- ^ "ECHO Klassik | HOME". Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Prize laureates 1975 – 2004". International Music Council.
- ^ "Ar Triju Zvaigžņu ordeni apbalvoto personu reģistrs" (in Latvian). Chancery of the Latvian president. Archived from the original (doc) on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Gidon Kremer (Violin, Conductor) – Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
External links
- Gidon Kremer at AllMusic
- Gidon Kremer website
- Kremerata Baltica official website
- Interview with Gidon Kremer, 19 May 1997
- Gidon Kremer letter to Verbier Festival "Why I quit the celebrity ratrace"
Sources
- Apinis, Pēteris (2006). A Hundred Great Latvians. Riga: Nacionālais apgāds. OCLC 238892134.
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