Vladimir Spivakov: biography (photo)

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Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich is a world famous violinist and conductor. He is active in touring. Vladimir Teodorovich is the founder of his own charitable foundation.

Biography

Vladimir Spivakov graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1967. By this time, he already had a number of awards received at international level competitions.

In 1975, the maestro held several solo concerts in the USA, which were a great success. In the future, Vladimir Teodorovich repeatedly performed with the best orchestras in the world. Leading world critics note that V. Spivakov's performing style is intelligent, artistic, bright, emotional, the sound is rich and voluminous. The musician himself always says that he owes his mastery to teachers Y. Yankelevich and D. Oistrakh. In 1979, Vladimir Teodorovich created a chamber string orchestra called the Moscow Virtuosos, where he is a soloist, chief conductor and artistic director. Before organizing the team, V. Spivakov did a long preparatory work. He studied the art of conducting with L. Maazel, I. Gusman and even with L. Bernstein. The latter presented Vladimir Teodorovich with his own conductor's baton, which Spivakov does not part with to this day.

Family

The personal life of Vladimir Spivakov is not a secret. He has been married to Sati Saakyants for almost 30 years. The maestro calls his wife a rare woman who combines intelligence and beauty.

Before her, Vladimir Spivakov was married twice. The conductor's family is not small. He and Sati have three daughters: Anna, Tatyana and Ekaterina. The maestro also has a son from his second marriage and a niece who was left an orphan.

Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich, whose personal life is covered in this article, loves his family very much. All his children are people of art. Ekaterina writes poetry and songs for a jazz group. Tatyana is engaged in theater, flute and drawing. The son of Vladimir Teodorovich, Alexander Rozhdestvensky, is a violinist.

Violin

Vladimir Spivakov, for whom music has always been the most important thing in life, began his career at the age of 7. At first he learned to play the cello. But the future famous musician was very thin and small, so he asked to replace his instrument with something lighter. After that, he was assigned to the violin. At first, the boy studied at an ordinary music school, and in 1961 he transferred to a ten-year-old at the conservatory. His teacher considered Vladimir talented and said that any pan would sound in his hands.

Until 1997, Vladimir Teodorovich played the violin created by master Francesco Gobetti. He was presented with it by his teacher - Professor Yankelevich. And in 1997, his dream came true - he got an Antonio Stradivari violin, which he received as a gift from fans and patrons.

Career conductor

Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich organized the orchestra "Moscow Virtuosos" in 1979. He brought together the most talented musicians in his team and created for them an atmosphere of freedom of creativity. Before Vladimir Spivakov's orchestra gained worldwide recognition, the musicians had to rehearse at night and in places that were completely unsuitable for this. In his work, V. Spivakov has his own principles, which ensure his successful management of artists. He treats his musicians with respect and understanding. Vladimir Teodorovich believes that nothing good will come of it if a crazy conductor stands in front of the artists, each of whom has his own character, life circumstances and problems.

Charity foundation

Vladimir Spivakov in 1994 established his own charitable foundation. Its purpose is to help young talents. The Vladimir Spivakov Foundation organizes concerts, the proceeds of which are spent on the purchase of good musical instruments, as well as on tuition and accommodation in Moscow for gifted children from the provinces. Vladimir Spivakov helps not only musicians. The foundation organizes exhibitions for children with an artistic gift. Many young talents who received help from the FVS have already grown up and become famous musicians, sculptors,painters. The Foundation also helps sick children.

Fund poster for 2015-2016 season

The Vladimir Spivakov Charitable Foundation offers the following events:

• Concert from the series “Children for children. Hear the call of the future. "Christmas Miracles" Moscow.
• Performance of Mark Razovsky "Mozart and Salieri". The Moscow theater "At the Nikitsky Gates" and scholarship holders of the foundation participate. Chelyabinsk.
• Concert for the 70th anniversary of Professor of the Moscow Conservatory. P. I. Tchaikovsky I. Gavrysh. Moscow.
• Concert of the laureates of the 1st Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition. Moscow.
• Concert of the Foundation Fellows with the participation of the I. Lerman Chamber Orchestra. Naberezhnye Chelny.
• "Peter de Groot Festival", Holland.
• All-Russian festival-competition of young performers "Magic of Sound". Cities: Togliatti, Oktyabrsk, Syzran, Zhigulevsk, Samara, Novokuibyshevsk, Chapaevsk, Otradnoe, Kinel-Cherkassy, Podbelsk, Pokhvistnevo.
• Second open competition "Romance Melodies". Dzerzhinsk.
• Subscription "Her Majesty Music". Cities: Myshkin, Uglich, Rybinsk, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov.
• The Fifth International Festival "Peregrinos Musicales". Spain.
• Concert from the series “Children for children. Hear the call of the future. "Waiting for spring." Moscow.
• Seventh International Children's Competition named after D. D. Shostakovich. Moscow.
• Concert from the series “Children for children. Hear the call of the future. "Music ball". Moscow.
• International music festival "ARSLONGA". Moscow.
• “Children for children. Hear the call of the future. "With friends". Moscow.
• Season 2015/2016, season ticket 165. Fellows and Moscow Virtuosi perform. Moscow.
• "Children for children". "The Triumph of Harmony". Moscow.
• The First Yadviga Shchipanova International Competition.
• Year of Literature. Speech by fellows of the Foundation. Moscow.
• The Fifth Moscow Open Competition-Festival. Yu. N. Dolzhikova. Moscow.
• International Children's Festival "Kinotavrik". Sochi.
• “Children for children. Friends meet again. Moscow.
• "Caravan of infinity…" Moscow.
• "Night of the Arts". Moscow.

Interesting Personality Facts

Vladimir Spivakov does not allow anyone to touch his violin, he believes that because of this, its molecular composition will be disturbed. The conductor collects paintings. The maestro loves to read. His favorite writers: Borges, Merab Mamardashvili, Gogol, Nabokov, Proust, Kundera, Leskov, Hesse. Vladimir Teodorovich likes to rest alone, in his opinion, the artist needs it in order to reflect and make plans. He is grateful to his wife for giving him the opportunity to be alone. The maestro is unpretentious in food and can exist in not very comfortable conditions. V. Spivakov loves simple food - dumplings, black bread and stewed cabbage with sausages. The conductor considers himself a superstitious person. The famous violinist is a kind person. And extremely disorganized.

Awards and prizes

Vladimir Spivakov - People's Artist of the USSR, as well as Ukraine, Bashkortostan and Ossetia. For your 50th birthdaythe maestro received as a gift his own planet, which was named after him. The artist has a large number of orders, medals and the highest state awards not only in Russia, but also in many other countries. In 2002, the maestro became an honorary doctor of Moscow State University. Vladimir Teodorovich bears the title of "UNESCO Peace Artist". For his creative life, the maestro received a huge number of various awards.