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Valeriy Sokolov

VIOLIN

Valeriy Sokolov, Ukrainian violinist and winner of the George Enescu International Violin Competition in Bucharest, is one of the outstanding violinists of his generation. He performs regularly with leading orchestras worldwide, including the Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthausorchester, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestre de Paris, Cleveland Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.

Sokolov has collaborated with distinguished conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, David Zinman, Susanna Mälkki, Andris Nelsons, Charles Dutoit, Cristian Măcelaru, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Kirill Karabits. His international engagements have taken him to major festivals including Verbier, Lockenhaus and the Lucerne Festival, where he made his recital debut in 2017. He regularly appears in leading concert halls such as Wigmore Hall, Théâtre du Châtelet, Lincoln Center, Mariinsky Theatre, Musikverein Vienna and Prinzregententheater Munich.

An active chamber musician, Sokolov has performed with artists including Gary Hoffman, Gérard Caussé, Lisa Batiashvili, François Leleux and Nelson Goerner. His repertoire spans the major violin concertos as well as contemporary works, and recent highlights have included performances with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra.

Sokolov has developed a distinguished and varied recording catalogue with Erato Records (formerly EMI Classics). His releases include Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3, Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in a DVD recording with Vladimir Ashkenazy, and Bartók and Tchaikovsky violin concertos recorded with David Zinman and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. He is also featured in Bruno Monsaingeon’s acclaimed documentary Un violon dans l’âme / Natural Born Fiddler, which continues to be broadcast internationally on ARTE.

Alongside his international performing career, Sokolov is Professor of Violin at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, where he works with the next generation of young musicians.