Aleksey Igudesman

Aleksey Igudesman
Aleksey Igudesman
Born	Aleksey Mikhailovich Igudesman (1973-07-22) July 22, 1973 (age 43) Leningrad, Soviet Union (Russia)
Occupation	Violinist, composer, conductor and actor

Aleksey Mikhailovich Igudesman (born 22 February 1973) is a Russian violinist, composer, conductor and actor. He performs in the duo Igudesman & Joo.

Igudesman was born in Leningrad, Russia. At the age of 6 he and his family immigrated to Germany. At the age of 12 he was accepted at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England. From 1989 to 1998 he studied violin with Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory.

Igudesman has several books published by Universal Edition, includes Style Workout, The Catscratchbook and Pigs Can Fly. and violin duet books Klezmer & More, Celtic & More, Latin & More and Asia & More.

He has published three violin sonatas, the second dedicated to Julian Rachlin and the third to Viktoria Mullova, who also played the world premiere of the piece. Aleksey Igudesman's compositions have been performed worldwide by soloists, ensembles and orchestras, often with Igudesman as a solo violinist/conductor, including Kremerata Baltica, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Vorarlerg Symphony Orchestra, Virtuosi Italiani, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Belgrade Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Ducale and many others.

In a project named Violins Of The World Igudesman has performed his violin duets with Gidon Kremer, Julian Rachlin, Janine Jansen, Vadim Repin, Pavel Vernikov and Alexandra Soumm. Igudesman’s poems have been recited by Roger Moore With his string trio Trilogy, he has given concerts all over the world, as well as recording several CDs for Sony BMG.

Igudesman was a featured violinist in Academy-Award nominated the soundtrack for Sherlock Holmes (2009 film), composed by Hans Zimmer. The soundtrack received critical acclaim for its use of several strange instruments, the Experibass, and incorporated sounds of "hideous things being done to a piano."