Aleksey Igudesman is best known as a violinist, but has also established himself as a composer, conductor and actor.

Education

Aleksey was born in St Petersburg, Russia. At the age of twelve he was accepted to the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in England. From 1989 to 1998 he studied violin with Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory.

Compositions, Publications and Conducting

Igudesman’s music is published by Universal Edition and includes Style Workout, two books of duets for young musicians called The Catscratchbook and Pigs Can Fly, as well as the violin duet series Klezmer & More, Celtic & More and Latin & More. He has published several violin sonatas, the second dedicated to Julian Rachlin and the third to Viktoria Mullova.

Aleksey Igudesman’s compositions have been performed by internationally renowned soloists, ensembles and orchestras. As both solo violinist and conductor, he has performed his own works with Kremerata Baltica, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra Vorarlberg, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Virtuosi Italiani, Cameratea Ducale, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra among other orchestras.

In Violins of the World, Igudesman performed his violin duets with Gidon Kremer, Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen, Pavel Vernikov and Alexandra Soumm. This project also featured Igudesman’s poetry, recited by Sir Roger Moore.

With his internationally acclaimed string trio, Triology, he has given concerts all over the world and recorded several CDs for Sony/BMG. Currently Igudesman is performing with his duo IGUDESMAN & JOO as a soloist, conductor and chamber musician.