Dmitry Yablonsky celebrated cellist and Grammy nominated conductorBackground informationBorn1962,GenresOccupation(s),InstrumentsYears active1971- presentLabels,Early life and educationDmitry Yablonsky was born in into a musical family, his mother is famed pianist and his father is Albert Zaionz, who has been solo oboe of the Radio and Television orchestra in Moscow for 30 years.Dmitry began playing the cello when he was 5 years old and was accepted into the Central Music School for gifted children. At the age of 9 he gave his orchestral debut playing ´s cello concerto in C major. In Russia, Dmitry studied with Stefan Kalianov, who has been ´s assistant and Isaak Buravsky, who for many years was solo cello of Orchestra. Before immigrating to the United States he performed on many occasions in Moscow and many cities of the former. Leaving the Soviet Union was not that easy in the 1970s, and the visa application was first refused and it took a few years and many signatures from many well known personalities such as, and to convince the Soviet authorities to issue a visa to allow his mother to leave the country.Upon arrival in New York in 1977, he auditioned to the Juilliard School of Music and was accepted to study with principal cellist of the.In the summer of 1979, at the age 16, Dmitry was accepted to participate in in and was the youngest participant that summer.
In Marlboro he met many great musicians as M. Horszowski, M.Tree, M. Shneider, M.Foley and many others. He played for, cellist of, who offered for Dmitry a place at the.In the summer of 1980, Dmitry met, distinguished cellist and professor at where Dmitry spent 4 years.
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At Yale he became interested in conducting after meeting Otto Werner Muller, conducting professor.CareerAfter graduating from Yale, he spent two years in the artist diploma program at the Juillard School of Music with. During these years Dmitry played with, Mstislav Rostropovich, and many more.During one festival, which took place in, Italy he was asked to replace a conductor, who cancelled at the last minute, in conducting the with members of of Rome. This was quite challenging as he never conducted before. Dmitry was 26 years old and that was his conducting debut.As a cellist he has played all over the world in venues as Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Moscow Great Hall, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Taiwan National Hall, Teatre Mogador, Cite de la Musique, Louvre and many others. Some chamber music partners have included, Victor Tretyakov, Leif Ove Andsnes, Yuri Bashmet and many more.For several years Dmitry has been Principal Guest Conductor of and has conducted many orchestras all over the world including:, Catania Opera Orchestra, Netherlands North Orchestra, Holland symphonia, Bologna Chamber Orchestra, Taiwan National Orchestra, Orchestre National d´Ile de France, Israel Symphony Orchestra,.
The influence of on the violin repertoire cannot be understated. Much like, who continuously commissioned new works for the cello throughout his long career, had many offers by composers to write concertos for him in hopes that the esteemed artist would in turn premiere them.
This Orchid Music album features two such compositions, both written by composers who were active as film composers. For some, being a film composer carries a stigma and perhaps because of this, the concertos of and were not played as widely as they may have hoped for.
Fortunately for listeners, these concertos (particularly the ) are being programmed much more frequently. Here, violinist and the join forces for what proves to be a pair of commanding performances. 's playing in particular is technically superb with near flawless intonation; crisp, precise articulation; and an amazing display breadth of dynamics and tone colors. While both these concertos demand the utmost in technical abilities, they also possess a great deal of emotional impact; is just as capable of delivering here. Windows 8.1 wifi off.
His sound is rich and penetrating, and just as sweet and low on the G string as high on the E string. The orchestral accompaniment is also expertly performed, though the sound quality is sometimes a bit muddy compared to the lucid tone of the violin. Balance between orchestra and soloist is quite good, allowing listeners to easily hear the solo part throughout.