Anatoly Bazhenov

Violinist Anatoly Bazhenov possesses all highest awards of Ukraine – he is the State prizewinner of name after T. Shevchenko, the People’s Artist, professor of the National Academy of music.

He performed more than 3000 concerts as a very popular soloist, as chamber musician he has been the first violin of the National quartet named after M. Lysenko for more than thirty years, he often plays as the guest concertmaster of chamber & symphony orchestras.

Hundred of cities within Ukraine, Asian & Baltic countries, Europe, America, Africa applauded him as well as the audience at concert halls “Gaveau” & “L. Auditorium les Halle” in Paris, “Alice Tully Hall” in New York, “Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall” in Las Vegas, “Rudolfinum” in Praque, “Izumi Hall” in Osaka, “Real teatro de S. Carlos de Lisboa” etc. Mr. Bazhenov performed concerts with symphony & chamber orchestras in Ukraine, Germany, Italy, France, Turkey.

He has played World premieres of numerous music pieces by Ukrainian composers such as Lyatoshynsky, Skoryk, Stankovych, Silvestrov, Karabitz, etc. The Ukrainian audience had a chance to listen for music pieces by Cambini, Respighi, Malipiero, Webern, Berg, Stockhausen, Bridge, Elgar, Piston, Nanes, Schnittke as the first-night performance.

Mr. Bazhenov was born in 1945 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, where he began violin studies with professor M. Liberman. In 1968 he graduated from Moscow Conservatory, where he worked with professor B. Belenkij, and moved to Kiev to compete his Doctoral studies at Kiev Conservatory with professor  O. Kryssa.

Brilliant start of his career was in 1969. He performed the Prokofiev’s 2nd Violin Concerto with St. Petersbourg philharmonic symphony orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov in the finals of All Union Violin Competition. Later he was awarded the special prize in 1972 “Prague Spring” International Violin Competition.

Since that time his permanent partner has been a pianist Naida Magomedbekova – his wife, that is for 35 years.
Mr. Bazhenov has made radio, LP, CD and TV recordings, and has been released on such labels as Melodiya, Amati and Etcetera.

Mr. Bazhenov plays a Ferdinando Gagliano violin made in 1739.