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The David Oistrakh Quartetfeatures four of today's mostoutstanding Russian musicians,all soloists in their own right,unitedintheirartistryandtheirpassion for the art of quartetplaying.In2012thefamilyofthelegendary 20th century violinisthonored the quartet with hisname.TheDavidOistrakhQuartetfrequentlyperformsacrossEurope,Asia,SouthAmericaandatmanyof themost recognizedRussianvenues, includingall of the country's famousphilharmonicshalls.TheyhavehadthehonortoplayatvariousrenownedfestivalswheretheyhavecollaboratedwithsuchcelebratedartistsasElisoVirsaladze,EduardBrunner,Liana Isakadze, Irina Kandinskaya, Alexander Bonduryansky, Boris Andrianov, IngaDzekzer,AlexanderBuzlovandDanielAustrich.FollowingtherecentsuccessoftheirdebutinJapan,HongKong,Colombia,PragueSpringfestivalandthereleaseoftheirsecondCD,featuringtheworksofGreigandMendelssohn,nextconcertseasontheQuartetwillagaingoontourtoJapanandhaveappearancesattheWigmoreHallinLondon,thePierreBoulezHallinBerlinandthePhilharmoniedeParisamongothers.TheDavidOistrakhQuartetwillsharethestagewithsuchnotableartistsasMarthaArgerich,ElisoVirsaladze,RenaudCapuçon,NicholasAngelichandIvryGitlis. 75 years after David Oistrakh’s triumph at the Queen Elisabeth International ViolinCompetition, the First Violinist of theQuartet, Andrey Baranov,won the first prize in2012.BaranovisalsolaureateofmorethanadozeninternationalcompetitionsincludingtheDavidOistrakh,BenjaminBritten,HenriMarteauandLiana Isakadzecompetitions.HisinternationalcareerhasledhimtoperformasasoloistwiththeLondonPhilharmonic,Vienna Symphony Orchestra, St-Petersburg Philharmonic, Brussels Philharmonic,National Orchestra of Belgium, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, LuxembourgPhilharmonic, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra andMusicAeternaOrchestra.

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TheSecondViolinistoftheDavidOistrakhQuartet isRodionPetrov,agraduateoftheMoscowStateConservatoryandReinaSofiaMusicAcademyinMadrid.Rodionisaprize-winnerofnumerouscompetitionsincludingPremioPaganiniinGenovain1997.HehasappearedasasoloistinRussia,EuropeandAsiaatsuchconcerthallsasAuditorioNacionalinMadrid,GreatHallofMoscowConservatoryandSuntoryHallinTokyo,andisaregularparticipantatmanyoftheworld’sgreatfestivals.ViolistFedorBeluginislaureateofanumberofinternationalcompetitionsandteachesattheMoscowStateConservatoryaswellasattheGnessinMusicAcademy.Heisoneoffewvioliststopursueabusysolocareeralongsidehisquartetengagements.DuringanimportantperiodofhiscareerhewasViolistoftheShostakovichQuartet.CellistAlexeyZhilinisconsideredoneoftheleadingcellistsofhisgenerationinRussia.Hehas won a number of international prizes and appears frequently as a soloist withchamberandsymphonyorchestrasinRussiaandabroad.HeisnowteachingattheSaint-PetersburgStateConservatory.In the first few years of theQuartet's existence, Baranov, Belugin and Zhilin had thehonourtoworkwithSecondViolinistSergeyPischugin,arenownedchambermusicianinRussia.AformerstudentofDavidOistrakh,professoroftheMoscowStateConservatoryandmemberofthelegendaryShostakovichQuartet,PischuginplayedavitalroleinthefoundingoftheOistrakhQuartet.

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ConcertProgramProposals(5)

ConcertProgramIRACHMANINOV QuartetNo.1SHOSTAKOVICH QuartetNo.3,op.73inFmajorTCHAIKOVSKY QuartetNo.1,Op.11inDmajorPAGANINI CapricesOp.1,No.20and24

(arrangementforstringquartetbyFedorBelugin)

ConcertProgramIISCHUBERT QuartetNo.12`QUARTETTSATZ`(1820)D703BORODIN QuartetNo.2inDmajorSHOSTAKOVICH QuartetNo.3,op.73inFmajor

ConcertProgramIIISCHUBERT QuartetNo.12`QUARTETTSATZ`(1820)D703SHOSTAKOVICH QuartetNo.8MENDELSOHN QuartetNo.2,ор.13PAGANINI CapricesOp.1,No.20and24

(arrangementforstringquartetbyFedorBelugin)

ConcertProgramIVTCHAIKOVSKY QuartetNo.1PAGANINI CapricesOp.1,No.20and24

(arrangementforstringquartetbyFedorBelugin)SHOSTAKOVICH QuartetNo.3

ConcertProgramVHAYDN TheSevenLastWordsofChristOntheCrossIntroductionSHOSTAKOVICH QuartetNo.8,Op.110inCminorTCHAIKOVSKY QuartetNo.2,Op.22inFmajorPAGANINI CapricesOp.1,No.20and24

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Repertoire

Arensky StringQuartetNo.2,Op.35

Beethoven StringquartetNo.4,Op.18

Borodin StringQuartetNo.1,A-durStringQuartetNo.2,D-dur

Colla StringQuartetNo.3,Hyperthematic(2013)

Haydn Complete

Glazunov StringQuartetNo.5,d-moll,Op.70

Grieg StringQuartetNo.1,g-moll,Op.27

Mozart Complete

Mendelssohn StringQuartetNo.2,Op.13

Paganini Capricesforviolinsolo,Op.1No.1,17,20,24

Prokofiev StringQuartetNo.1,b-moll,Op.50StringQuartetNo.2,F-dur,Op.92

Rachmaninov StringQuartetNo.1,D-durStringQuartetNo.2,g-moll

Ravel StringQuartetinF-Dur

Schubert StringquartetNo.12,No.14

Shostakovich CompleteTwopieces(Polkaandelegy),Op.36

Tchaikovsky StringQuartetNo.1,D-dur,Op.11StringQuartetNo.2,F-dur,Op.22StringQuartetNo.3,es-moll,Op.30

PianoQuintets CompleteMan

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