Kopelman Quartet
| Kopelman Quartet | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Moscow, Russian Federation |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Chamber ensemble |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Nimbus, Wigmore Live |
| Website | http://kopelmanquartet.com/ |
| Members |
Mikhail Kopelman (1st violin) Boris Kuschnir (2nd violin) Igor Sulyga (viola) Mikhail Milman (cello) |
| Notable instruments | |
| "Rouse-Boughton" Stradivarius | |
The Kopelman Quartet is a Russian string quartet founded in 2002 by Mikhail Kopelman (violin), Boris Kuschnir (violin), Igor Sulyga (viola) and Mikhail Milman (cello). They studied at the Moscow Conservatory in the 1970s, but pursued individual careers for twenty-five years before founding the quartet.
The quartet has played at many major international venues, including the Musikverein, Vienna, and the Dom Muzyki, Moscow, and appears regularly at venues such as the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam and the Wigmore Hall, London. Chamber music partners have included Elisabeth Leonskaja, Mischa Maisky and Julian Rachlin.
Festival appearances have included the Edinburgh International Festival, the Valladolid Festival, the Zurich Festival, the Colmar Festival,Prague Spring Festival, the Wimbledon Music Festival and the Ravinia Festival in the United States.
Mikhail Kopelman, first violin, (born 1947, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine), a former member of the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and concertmaster of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, was appointed first violin of the Borodin Quartet in 1976, and remained with them for twenty years. He was with the quartet in 1994 when it was awarded a Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award. From 1980-1993, Kopelman was on the faculty of the Moscow Conservatory teaching both solo violin and string quartet. He emigrated with his family to the United States in 1993, joining the Tokyo String Quartet as first violinist in 1996. From 1996-2002 he was a professor at the Yale School of Music, coaching chamber music. In 2002, he was appointed Professor of Violin at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
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