Mikhail Pochekin
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| Born | Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | Universität Mozarteum Salzburg |
| Occupation | Musicians |
Mikhail Pochekin was born in Moscow to a family of musicians. The father Yury is a violin maker, and mother Elena is a violin teacher. His older brother, Ivan Pochekin, is a violinist and violist. In the early 2000s, the family moved to Spain.
From 2006 to 2018 he studied with Viktor Tretiakov at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Köln, with Ana Chumachenco at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in München and Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia in Madrid, and with Rainer Schmidt at Universität Mozarteum Salzburg and Musikakademie in Basel. Pochekin has attended numerous masterclasses under tutors including Christian Tetzlaff, Gidon Kremer, Donald Weilerstein, Midori.
Career
Mikhail Pochekin made his soloist debut in 2008 with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under Yury Simonov. Since then, he has played with world’s leading orchestras, including the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Russian National Orchestra, Mariinsky Theater Symphony, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic, Lithuanian National Orchestra or the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia "Evgeny Svetlanov".
In addition to his work as a soloist, Mikhail Pochekin is also a passionate chamber musician and collaborates with artists like Ilya Gringolts, Christian Tetzlaff, Herbert Schuch, Kiveli Doerken, Yury Favorin, Anastasia Kobekina, Kian Soltani, Maximilian Hornung, Wen-Sinn Yang, Boris Andrianov, Valentin Uryupin.
In 2022, together with "Freunde der Musik Landshut", Mikhail founded the Kammermusikfestival Landshut, working now as its artistic director.
Awards
- Premio Nacional de Violín Pablo Sarasate Madrid, Spain
- Prize winner at the Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition in Pamplona, Spain
- Prize winner at the International Jascha Heifetz Violin Competition in Vilnius, Lithuania
- Prize winner at the Concorso Internazionale di Violino „Premio Rodolfo Lipizer“ in Gorizia - Italia
- Prize winner at the Concorso Violinistico Internazionale “Andrea Postacchini” in Fermo, Italia
Selected disography
- The Unity of Opposites - duos for 2 violins and violin & viola with Ivan Pochekin (Melodiya)
- J.S. Bach - 6 sonatas and partitas for violin solo (Solo-Musica/SONY)
- W.A. Mozart - violin concertos with Stuttgarter Kammerorchester & Ivan Pochekin (Hänssler Classic);
- F. Mendelssohn & M. Bruch - violin concertos with Sebastian Tewinkel / Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen (Hänssler Classics);
- I. Albeniz - “Asturias” (single), arr. for violin solo by Mikhail Pochekin (Hänssler Classic)
- Antonín Dvořak - Complete Works for Violin & Orchestra with Daniel Raiskin / Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Hänssler Classic)
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