Dmitry Pavlovich Kogan - this is one of the mostthe famous today Russian violinists. This article presents his biography. Dmitry Kogan conducts active touring activities, releases albums, organizes projects and runs a charitable foundation.
Biography
A future famous performer born inMoscow in October 1978. The father of the musician is a famous conductor, grandmother Elizaveta Gilels is a famous violinist, mother Lyubov Kazinskaya is a pianist. Dmitry's grandfather is a brilliant violinist Leonid Kogan.
The boy began to study music at the age of 6.He entered the Central Music School at the Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory. Since 1996, Dmitry became a student of two universities at once - the Moscow Conservatory and the Jan Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Dmitry's teacher was I.S. Rootless. After his death, the future famous violinist moved to the class of E.D. Rook in Moscow and T. Haapanen in Helsinki. For the first time Dmitry Pavlovich Kogan performed with a symphony orchestra at the age of 10 years. Since 1997, the musician has been touring in Asia, Europe, America, Australia, the Baltic States and the CIS.
Creative way
In 1998, the soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic becameDmitry Kogan. The violinist has recorded 8 albums over the years of his creative activity. Among them is a cycle of 24 caprices of the great N. Paganini. This album is unique. There are only a few violinists in the world who play all 24 caprices of the great composer. Dmitry Kogan takes part in international festivals. He represents Russia in Greece, England, Latvia, Scotland, Germany, USA, France, China, Austria, Croatia and other countries.
In 2006, Dmitry became the winner of the musicalinternational award Da Vinci. In 2008-2009 He gave more than thirty solo concerts in different regions of Russia. This tour musician has undertaken to promote and support classical music, which is the basis for the formation of morality of generations. In April 2009, Dmitry Kogan gave a concert at the North Pole for polar explorers. He became the first musician to perform there. In 2010, the violinist held a series of charity concerts. In the same period, D. Kogan was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. In 2013, he organized not only charity concerts, but also master classes.
Repertoire
Dmitry Kogan performs the following works at his concert performances:
- “Concerto grosso for two violins, viola, cello, harpsichord and string orchestra” (Metropolitan Hilarion).
- “Six Romanian Dances” (Bela Bartok).
- “Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2 in E major” (JS Bach).
- "Seasons" (A. Vivaldi).
- “Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra” (D. Shostakovich).
- "Fantasy" on themes from "Porgy and Bess" (J. Gershwin).
- “Sonata for violin No. 3 in C minor” (E. Grieg).
- "Gloria" for soloists and choir with orchestra (A. Vivaldi).
- "Scherzo for violin and piano" (I. Brahms).
- "Chacon" (JS Bach).
- “Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 A-minor” (JS Bach).
- "Seasons in Buenos Aires" (A. Piazzolla).
- “Sonatina for duet violin and piano” (F. Schubert).
- “Symphony number 5” (P. Tchaikovsky).
- “Sonata for violin and piano in A major” (S. Frank).
- “Stabat Mater” for chorus accompanied by an orchestra (Metropolitan Hilarion).
- “Fugue on BACH”.
- Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Gypsy Orchestra (M. Ravel).
- A cycle of 24 caprices N. Paganini.
In addition, the repertoire of the musician includes works by V.A. Mozart, G. Venyavsky, L. Beethoven and other composers.
Projects
Dmitry Kogan organized a number of projects.Since December 2002, under his leadership, the International Festival named after his famous grandfather. Dmitry since 2005 is the chairman of the board of trustees in the philharmonic society of Sakhalin. The violinist also runs several more festivals:
- "Days of High Music" in Vladivostok.
- "Kogan festival" in Yekaterinburg.
Since 2010Dmitry is an honorary professor at the Conservatory of Greek Athens and the chairman of the board of trustees of the Urals College of Music. In 2011, the musician was approved as artistic director of the Philharmonic of the city of Samara.
Dmitry Kogan Foundation
Dmitry Kogan attaches great importancecharity. He supports a variety of actions in favor of talented young people. Dmitry Pavlovich is a member of the Council on the quality of education at the party "United Russia". In 2011, Dmitry Kogan, together with the philanthropist Valery Saveliev, organized a foundation whose purpose is to support interesting cultural projects. His work is aimed at finding, acquiring, restoring and transmitting unique instruments to musicians. The foundation also seeks out young talents and helps them. This organization acquired five unique violins created by great masters - Amati, Stradivari, Guadanini, Guarneri and Vilom. Dmitry organized a concert where he performed works on all these instruments. In his hands, all five violins fully revealed the richness of his unique sound. It was from this concert that the public stage began in the work of the charity foundation.
