Mark Peskanov

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Mark Peskanov (born in Odessa, Ukraine - then part of the USSR) is an American virtuoso violinist, known as a soloist, chamber musician, composer, conductor, and concert presenter.

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Biography

Peskanov began playing the piano at age three, and the violin at seven. [1] He received early musical training at the Stolyarsky school. [2] In 1973, at the age of fifteen, he emigrated to the United States, where he attended the Aspen Music Festival and the Juilliard School. [3] Upon his recital debut at Carnegie Hall the New York Times declared, “Mark Peskanov is a tremendous young violinist and his Friday evening concert at Carnegie Hall was a triumph…He has it all—technique, temperament, and taste.” [4] Since 2005, Peskanov is president and artistic/executive director of Bargemusic. [5]

Premieres

Peskanov premiered the John Williams Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony in 1981, [6] and the Stanley Wolfe Concerto (written for Peskanov) with the New York Philharmonic in 1989. [7]

Honors

Peskanov is the recipient of the Avery Fischer Career Grant [8] and Carnegie Hall’s first Isaac Stern Award. [9] He debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra as the first recipient of the Frederick R. Mann Memorial prize. [10] Peskanov performed for the inaugurations of Tokyo’s Suntory Hall in 1986 [11] and Weill Recital Hall in 1987. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ articles.philly.com http://articles.philly.com/1987-07-10/news/26197372_1_violin-david-oistrakh-dream . Retrieved February 13, 2015.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Barbara Lourie Sand (1 November 2005). Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician. Amadeus Press. pp. 203–5. ISBN   978-1-57467-376-0.
  3. ↑ Barbara Lourie Sand (1 November 2005). Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician. Amadeus Press. pp. 203–5. ISBN   978-1-57467-376-0.
  4. ↑ Page, Tim. "Recital: Mark Peskanov". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Kozinn, Allan. “Afloat on the High Seas, Persian Fountains and the Blues”. New York Times, September 1, 2008, pg E6.
  6. ↑ John Williams Violin Concerto/Flute Concerto with Mark Peskanov, Peter Lloyd, Leonard Slatkin, and The London Symphony Orchestra. Varese Sarabande Digital, VSD 5345, Nuremberg, Germany, 1983. Unattributed liner notes.
  7. ↑ Hershenson, Roberta (5 February 1989). "Long and Quiet Career is Prelude to a Coup for Hastings Composer". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Avery Fisher Career Grants | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts". www.aboutlincolncenter.org. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  9. ↑ Marum, Lisa. “Mark Peskanov, Violinist”. Ovation: The Magazine for Classical Music Listeners. October 1985, pg. 50.
  10. ↑ articles.philly.com http://articles.philly.com/1987-07-10/news/26197372_1_violin-david-oistrakh-dream . Retrieved 13 February 2015.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ www.suntory.com(PDF) http://www.suntory.com/culture-sports/suntoryhall/feature/hall25th/pdf/history.pdf . Retrieved 29 January 2015.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ Weill recital Hall concert program, January 9, 1987.
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