Alexander Sitkovetsky, Violin
Alexander Sitkovetsky was born in Moscow into a family with an established musical tradition. At the age of eight Alexander made his debut performance as a soloist with the chamber orchestra in Montpellier and later that same year he was invited to become a pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School where he studied with Natalia Boyarsky and Professor Hu Kun. He then continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Music and at the Vienna Music Academy with Pavel Vernikov.
Alexander has performed in many music festivals throughout Europe, including the Radio France Festival in Montpellier, the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival in Germany. He has been featured as a soloist at many famous venues throughout Europe, including The Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Wigmore Hall, Salla Verdi in Milano, as well as in Israel, Hawaii, and Moscow. The Strad magazine has featured Alexander as one of the “Stars of the New Century”.
He was featured as a soloist in the “Tchaikovsky Experience” documentary by BBC. He gave his debut recital in New York, where he appeared at the Frick Collection Series partnered by Bella Davidovich.
His second CD recording for EMI/Angel featuring concerto performances by Bach, Mendelssohn, Panufnik and Takemitsu was released in January 2004 and has received unanimous critical acclaim.
Alexander also made his debut with the English Chamber Orchestra, the Southbank Sinfonia, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.