Ivan Pochekin

Ivan Pochekin
Иван Почекин
Portrait of Ivan Pochekin
Born1987 (age 38–39)
Moscow
OccupationViolinist
FatherYury Pochekin

Ivan Pochekin (born 1987 in Moscow) is a Russian violinist, who won first prize in the 2005 Third Paganini Moscow International Violin Competition. He won second place in the 8th International Vaclav Huml Violin Competition.

Biography

His father is the violin master Yuri Pochekin.

Career

In 2002 he made his debut in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Performed Sergei Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto.

Among the conductors with whom he performed: Valery Gergiev, Mikhail Pletnev, Vladimir Spivakov, Alexander Sladkovsky, Fabio Mastrangelo, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Friedrich Haider and others.

At the invitation of Denis Matsuev, he performed in the programs of the Crescendo (Kaliningrad, Pskov) and Stars on Baikal (Irkutsk) festivals.

As for 2018, he collaborated with the E.F. Svetlanov State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and others.

Awards

2005 - victory at the III International Violin Competition named after Niccolo Paganini

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Paganini Violin Competition". Paganini Moscow International Violin Competition. Archived from the original on 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  2. ↑ "Huml Competition statistics". Vaclav Huml International Violin Competition. Archived from the original on 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Виртуоз поневоле - Скрипач Иван Почекин: «Я не хотел играть на скрипке, просто всегда считал, что родителей надо слушаться»". versia.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2025-02-27.