Vivi Vassileva
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Born | 1994 (age 29–30) Hof (Saale), Bavaria, Germany |
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Vivi Vassileva (born 1994) is a German percussionist focused on new classical music. She has played as a soloist in chamber ensembles and with orchestras, using classical instruments but also percussion instruments from different cultures and even some derived from garbage.
Life and career
Vassileva was born in
Vassileva was supported by the
In 2011 she became solo percussionist (Solopaukistin) of the Mannheimer Philharmoniker , who played a tour in China. She played a concert with the Bruckner-Akademieorchester in Munich. In 2016 she played as a soloist with the Bayerisches Landesjugendorchester on a tour including the Joseph-Keilberth-Saal in Bamberg and the Gasteig in Munich.[5] The same year, she was the marimba player for the film Geschichte einer Liebe – Freya by Starost and Grotjahn.[5][6]
She founded the Vivi Vassileva Quintett in 2015.[7] The culture magazine of the ARD, Titel, Thesen, Temperamente , aired a 6-minute portrait of her on 24 July 2016. In 2017 she founded a with guitarist Lucas Campara Diniz and a duo with pianist Carina Madsius .[4]
She made her debut as soloist with orchestra with the Hofer Symphoniker in Lichtenfeld. In 2018 she played at the LvivMozArt Festival in Ukraine, Tan Dun's The Tears of Nature conducted by Oksana Lyniv. She appeared at the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Hohenloher Kultursommer and the Festspiele Europäische Wochen Passau . She first played in the Berliner Philharmonie in 2019 with her percussion quartet. In May 2019 she played the world premiere of the percussion concerto Oraculum that Oriol Cruixent dedicated to her with the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal conducted by Julia Jones in the Stadthalle Wuppertal .[8] Several composers wrote music for her;[1][4][9] and she also composed pieces.[4]
She came to drum not only on classical instruments, but also instruments from Africa, South America and Asia, and everyday utensils and recycled garbage.[2] In 2023, she played as the soloist in Gregor Mayrhofer's Recycling Concerto, on classical percussion instruments and many instruments derived from garbage. A concert with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony at the Alte Oper was conducted by Krzysztof Urbański.[10]
Awards
- 2007: Jugend musiziert, national competition[4]
- 2009: Bronze medal Internationale marimba competition, Paris[5]
- 2010: Marimba competition, Nürnberg[5]
- 2013: Musikförderungspreis, Ingolstadt[9]
- 2014: Special prize U21 and special prize of the Mozart-Gesellschaft in the ARD International Music Competition[4][5]
- 2017: Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis[7]
- 2023: Leonard Bernstein Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the second percussionist after Grubinger to receive the award.[2][11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Schaderer, Stephanie (18 February 2016). "Vivi Vassileva – Die junge Königin des Schlagzeugs". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d Stubendorff, Benedikt (29 June 2023). "Schlagzeugerin Vivi Vassileva erhält Leonard Bernstein Award 2023". NDR (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "7 oder Warum ich auf der Welt bin". kinderfilmwelt.de (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Nürmberger, Peter (May 2018). "Vivi Vassileva". Nuremberg Metropolitan Region (in German). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Vivi Vassileva / Percussion Quartett" (PDF). Deutschlandfunk (in German). 21 March 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Geschichte einer Liebe – Freya". filmjournalisten.de (in German). 6 April 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Kunstförderpreisträger 2017 in der Sparte "Musik und Tanz"" (PDF). Bavarian Ministry of Culture (in German). 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Prokofjew, Beethoven & Oraculum mit Vivi Vassileva". Philharmonie Salzburg (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Lauter Lieblingsstücke". Donaukurier (in German). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Holze, Guido (8 November 2023). "Musik auf Müll". FAZ (in German). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Bernstein Award an Schlagzeugerin Vivi Vassileva". Musik heute (in German). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Vivi Vassileva (in German) kulmag.live
- Vivi Vassileva (management) adams-music.com
- Vivi Vassileva Creston Concertino on YouTube(2008)
- Recycling Concerto (by Gregor A. Mayrhofer) – Vivi Vassileva (Perc.) – Britten Sinfonia on YouTube(2022)