Vadim Tchijik
Prize-winner of many prestigious
international violin
competitions such as N. Paganini Competition in Genoa, P.I.Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow, R. Lipizer Competition in Gorizia; winner of
International Competition in Portogruaro (Italy), Juventus Award (by
the European Council), N. and L. Boulanger Foundation Award and Natexis
Banque Populaire Foundation Award in Paris, O. and V. Ritter Foundation
Award in Hamburg and G. Cziffra Foundation Award (France).
Born in November 1975, he started to study the violin at the
age of six
and gave his first concert when he was only eight. He finished the
famous Tchaikovsky Central Music School in Moscow for the gifted
children, First Prize unanimously at the National Superior Conservatory
of Music in Lyon, then he completed his post-graduate studies at the
High Conservatory of Music in Cologne, Artist Certificate at the
Southern Methodist University Meadows School of Arts in Dallas,
Chigiana Music Academy in Siena and always obtained the highest honours.
Among his teachers were Boris Belkin, Ivry Gitlis, Edouard
Schmieder,
Herman Krebbers, Mihaela Martin and Irina Botchkova.
He has performed with Moscow Symphony Orchestra, North
Nederland
Symphony Orchestra, Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Kharkov Philharmonic,
Orchestra di Teatro di
Genova, Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, Freiburg Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto,
Ulianovsk Philharmonic, Gunma Chamber Orchestra, Vasteras Sinfonietta,
Camerata of Coahuila, Musica Vitae Chamber
Orchestra, Basse-Normandie, Garde Républicaine, Yaroslavl Philharmonic,
Akademik Baskent
(Ankara), Kazakhstan Chamber Orchestra, Plano Symphony Orchestra and many
others, conducted by Michel Tabachnik, Jean-Pierre Wallez, Jean
Deroyer, Anton Nanut, Peter Csaba, Paolo
Peloso, Enrique Batiz, Naoto Otomo etc.
Vadim Tchijik gives recitals in France, Germany, Italy,
Belgium, England,
Switzerland, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Sweden, Russia, USA,
Canada, Mexico, Japan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Poland, Israel, Lebanon,
Malaysia,
Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, Dominican Republic, Haiti and other
countries all over the world.
He plays in the biggest halls as : Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Theatre
du Châtelet, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Gewandhaus
in Leipzig, Residenz in Munich, Arsenal in Metz, Corum in Montpellier,
Concertgebow in Amsterdam, Dvorak
Hall in Prague, Big Hall of Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscou, Suntory
Hall and Hamarikyu Asahi Hall in Tokyo, Philharmonie in Cologne and
Konzerthaus in Freiburg, Palace of Culture in Sofia, Philharmonie in
Kiev, Del Prado Museum in Madrid, Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico…
He is very often invited to participate in prestigious music festivals
among which Festival Radio France and Montpellier, Pablo Casals,
Auvers sur Oise, Colmar, Nancyphonies,
Guebwiller, Quimper, Royan, Festival of St-Riquier, Fetes Romantique de Nohant,
Semaines Musicales de Tours, Music Festival des Grands Crus de
Bourgogne, Japan Music festival, Okayama Music Festival, Young Artists
Festival in Los Angeles, Festival of Guil-Durance, Music Art Festival
in Grenoble, International Festival in Portogruaro, Settimane Musicale
di Ravello, Salon of the Arts in Sofia, Felicja Blumental Festival in
Tel Aviv, Euro Musica Vitae Festival in Sweden, 5 de Mayo in Puebla,
Juventus and Salon
Musicora in Paris.
He performs in various radio and TV broadcasts in many
countries
(France Musique, Radio Classique, NHK, France 3, Mezzo, RAI, Japanese,
Russian, Swedish television) and his concerts were broadcasted all over
the Europe, USA and Asia. He recorded several CD’s for Lyrinx
(“Recommandé” by Classica Magazine,
“Coup de Coeur” by Piano Magazine), Exton
(“One of the best CD’s of the Month” by
The Record Geijutsu (Japan), Polymnie and DOCdata Benelux labels. In
2006 he
participates in Japan at the recording of a series of CD dedicated to
the 250th Mozart Anniversary.
He played chamber music with Pieter Wispelwey, Emmanuel
Pahud,
Jean-Claude Pennetier, Marielle Nordmann, Georges Pludermacher, Philippe Bernold, David
Geringas, Anne Queffelec, Alain Meunier, Cedric Tiberghien, Marc Coppey,
Bernard Soustrot, Michel Arignon, Alexander Melnikov, Alban Gerhardt, Michel Lethiec,
Dominique De Williencourt, François Salque, Thierry Caëns, Yves Henry etc. His
concerts always receive highest acclamations by critics.
In 2004, the famous French magazine “Diapason”
dedicates one page to Vadim Tchijik entitled “Already
Maestro” and in 2010, he is on the cover of the famous "String"
Magazine with an
exclusive interview of six pages.
He is Artistic Director of the International Music
Festival in Hyères, "Les Musicales de Saint-Martin" and "Les Heures
Musicales de Binic" Music Festivals in France.
Vadim Tchijik gives master-classes in Europe, in South America and in Asia and also edited the violin part of music by Saint-Saens, Ravel and Franck for "Zen On" music edition in Japan.
Founder and director of the string ensemble "Les Virtuoses",
he is playing a Ferdinando Gagliano violin made in Naples in 1775.