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Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
About Maxim Fedotov
- Maxim Viktorovich Fedotov (born 24 July 1961) is a Russian violinist and conductor, People's Artist of Russia, son of the conductor Viktor Fedotov. Fedotov studied at the Special Music School in Leningrad and then at the Moscow Conservatory.
- As well as his career as a soloist, he has also been chief conductor of the Russian Symphony Orchestra (2003–2005), artistic director and chief conductor of the Moscow City Symphony Orchestra – Russian Philharmonic Orchestra from 2006 until December 2010, professor of the Moscow Conservatory since 1987, and professor and head of Department of Violin and Viola of the Gnessin-Academia of Music from 2003 until 2008. He is believed to be the first person since Paganini himself to give a recital on both the violins belonging to Paganini, one a Guarneri, the other a Vuillaume (in Saint Petersburg in 2003).
- He has appeared in most of the major concert halls with many of the major orchestras of Russia, Europe as well as Japan, playing a repertoire of over fifty concertos. Fedotov's wife is the pianist Galina Petrova. Amongst the prizes he has won are: 1981: All-Union Violin Competition (Riga) 1982: Paganini Competition (Genoa) 1984: Viotti International Music Competition – chamber music (Vercelli) 1986: First Prize, the Gold Medal, and all special prizes in the III International Violin Competition (Tokyo) 1986: Second Prize in the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow) 2003: Fedotov–Petrova duo, laureate of the Moscow Government Award (2003)
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