Roman Fedchuk (Violin)

Born: Ukraine

The Ukrainian violinist, Roman Fedchuk, made his solo debut at the age of 11 with the Lvov Philharmonic performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. He studied at the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory under Professor Z. Shihmurzaieva, as well as with D. Tzyganov and Isaac Stern. He is the winner of several international competitions - Jan Kocian International Competition (Czechoslovakia, 1985), “Vianna da Motta” (Lisbon, 1991), Prague Spring (1992), V. Hummel (1993), and the Gernbach International Music Competition (1996).

Roman Fedchuk has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Moscow Soloists with Yuri Bashmet (concertmaster & soloist), Kyslovodsk Philharmonic, Briansk Philharmonic, Zagreb Philharmonic, West Bohemian Symphonic Orchestra and Virtuosi Pragensis. He has played in the most prominent concert halls in the world, including Prince Albert Hall and Gewandhaus, and served as guest concertmaster with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Churaschsische Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, and the Quintetto da Camera Berlin.

Roman Fedchuk is a frequent guest of European music festivals including Iserlohn (Germany), Tour (France), Chursachsische Sommer (Germany), the 9^th International Festival of Music and Dance in Ubeda (Spain), the 2^nd Music Festival in Moscow (Russia), the Bohemia Festival (Czech Republic), International Festival of Vaclav Jirovec (Czech Republic), and Furth (Germany). In June 2001 and september 2003 he had concert-tours in Japan.

Roman Fedchuk studied conducting at the National University of Music in Bucharest under Professor D. Goya. He has performed internationally as a conductor in countries such as the Czech Republic, Romania and Germany. Since September 2004 is also a professor at the State Conservatory in Pilsen (Czech Republic).

Roman Fedchuk has lived in Prague since 1994 and founded the international ensemble of soloists Concertino Prague, which performed successfully in the Czech Republic, France, Spain and Germany. In May 2002, he recorded with them a CD of the J.S. Bach’s violin concertos. Since 1999 he is a founding member of the Ludwig Piano Quartet, which recorded a CD of the Johannes Brahms and Dvorak Piano Quartets (2003). He the State Conservatory in Pilsen (Czech Republic).

Source: R.F. Art Production Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2011)

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