Sunday, October 4, 2015

Boris Brovtsyn

Boris Brovtsyn is a Russian violinist and teacher born (in Moscow) in 1977.  He is known for his amazing technique and the use of rubato – in the style of many virtuoso violinists of another generation – violinists such as Mischa Elman, Fritz Kreisler, Jacques Thibaud, Ida Haendel, Nathan Milstein, and Ivry Gitlis.  He began playing the violin at age 4.  At age 6, he made his public debut at the famous Bolshoi Theatre.  His grandfather, a pupil of the famous pedagogue, Abram Yampolski (teacher of Leonid Kogan) was his first teacher.  At age 7 (1984), Brovtsyn entered the Central Music School in Moscow and graduated ten years later.  Then he entered the Tchaikovsky (Moscow) Conservatory where he studied with Maya Glezarova.  From there he graduated in 1999.  He had already made his U.S. debut in 1995 and his U.K debut in 1998.  He had already played for the Pope in 1993.  He studied further at the Guildhall School of Music in London where he won the Gold Medal in 2004.  His main teacher there was David Takeno.  His career has taken him to places all over the world, but especially Europe.  As do practically all concert violinists, he plays at music festivals all over the world.  Brovtsyn plays an 1862 Vuillaume violin.  Here is a performance of his on YouTube – the Mendelssohn concerto in e minor with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.  He gets a tremendous ovation and is obliged to play a very nice encore by Ysaye.  

17 comments:

  1. The man is simply exceptional. Never have I heard Shostakovich played so musically (leaving aside Brovtsyn's technical perfection). I was moved to tears at several points.

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    1. Thank you for your comment. I agree with you 100%

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    2. You are absolutely right. I can not understand why Boris is not more widely known. He is a better interpreters than many others who have a wide tribune and renown.

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    3. Thank you for your comment Mr. Guzman. It is indeed somewhat of a mystery as to why some spectacular artists have a lower profile than others who are not as unique.

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  2. Ich verstehe auch nicht,dass man ihn nicht öfter im Radio hört.Er ist so ein toller Geiger

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    1. Ja, ich stimme zu. Er verdient viel größere Belichtung. Es ist ein Mysterium. Danke.

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  3. To be better known, I believe Boris needs a better diffusion and promotion through social networks, specially Youtube, Facebook Twitter and Instagram. Probably he has a manager and he should be engaged in that issue. We can not spect that Boris to be dealing with that, ha has no time to be chatting or posting videos in Youtube. I don't know the classic music social networks, beyond Youtube. He is a prominent violinist and he must be focused in that. It's my modest contribution.

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    1. It is odd that these things happen. I think we agree that Brovtsyn has a lower profile than other violinists who are not as original in their playing. However, I am pretty sure he is doing quite well. Perhaps the trick is in the marketing - the "branding." Thank you for your informed comment.

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  4. discovered his performance of Dvorak's Concerto on YouTube.
    Was utterly astonished and delighted.

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    1. Here’s a conversation with Boris Brovtsyn where his bio on this blog is discussed.

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    2. That's very nice and amazing!

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    1. Thanks to your interview, this blog post now has more than 2,800 views. That's pretty good.

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  6. E excepțional
    Pe ce vioară cântă?

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    1. Yes. As far as I know, he is still playing the 1862 Vuillaume violin. (Hahn also plays a Vuillaume, which is a little surprising.) Thank you for your comment.

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