Russian violinist and conductor (born 1962)Musical artist

Sergei Stadler (Russian: Сергей Стадлер) is a Russian violinist and conductor. He is currently Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Childhood and the beginning of the career
  • 1.2 World fame
  • 1.3 The Paganini violin
  • 1.4 The maestro of Russian and World cl*ical music
  • 1.5 Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
  • 1.6 Teaching and mentoring
• 2 Work
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Biography

Laureate of the international music compe*ions:

1979 — Marguerite Long–Jacques Thibaud Compe*ion (Paris) (II Grand Prix and Special Prize for the best performance of French music);1980 — International Jean Sibelius Violin Compe*ion (Helsinki) (2nd Prize and Special Public Award);1982 — The International Tchaikovsky Compe*ion (Moscow) (I Prize and Gold Medal).

Childhood and the beginning of the career

Sergei Stadler was born on May 20, 1962 in Leningrad. He began to study music at the age of 5.

World fame

In 1984, after a tour with the Orchestra of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic around Austria and Germany, his European fame came to the musician. In 1987, Stadler became one of the first foreign soloists to come on a tour around China after a long break. In the early 90s, the musician played with the Russian National Orchestra all of Mozart’s violin compositions in Moscow and recorded Mozart’s concerts with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Paganini violin

A very special event in the musician’s life was related to the arrival of the violin Niccolo Paganini in St. Petersburg in 1995. Stadler became an organizer of the two-day festival “The Paganini Violin in the Hermitage”, held with the support of the governments of St. Petersburg and Genoa and sponsored by the fashion house Trussardi.

The maestro of Russian and World cl*ical music

From 1995 to present, Stadler has been organizing annual New Year’s concerts in the Concert Hall P. Tchaikovsky in Moscow. From 1998 to 2008 he was the artistic director of the International Music Festival in Perm. From 1998 to 2001 he was the Chief Conductor of the Theater of the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

Truly remarkable concerts were played in the same years in Paris: concerts by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, a concert by Tchaikovsky with E. Svetlanov. Beethoven’s chamber music was performed in castles in Germany with W. Sawallisch, Spanish music — at the Prado Museum in Madrid with G. Oppitz. In 2008, music by Bach and Mozart’s Requiem were played at the Tower of King David in Jerusalem.

Led by Sergei Stadler, L. Bernstein’s Dibbuk, O. Messiaen’s Turangalil symphony, G. Berlioz’s operas, Ivan the Terrible by G. Bizet, and Peter I by A. Gretry were performed in Russia for the first time.

In 2019, Sergei Stadler and the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra performed at the President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s meeting with the President of China Xi Jinping.

Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra

Sergei Stadler is the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, the Artistic Director of the «Petersburg-Concert» concert organization.

Teaching and mentoring

Since 2007, the Maestro has been teaching at the Moscow Conservatory. From 2008 to 2011 he was the Rector of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Since 2018, he has been leading an educational programme “The instrumental performance practice: violin” at Saint Petersburg State University. He holds master cl*es in Russia, the USA, Germany, Norway, Poland, Israel, Finland, Spain, France, Italy, Singapore, China, Portugal and other countries.

Work

He has performed on such music festivals as:

Salzburg, Vienna, Bonn, Helsinki, Istanbul, Athens, Jerusalem, Boston, Bregenz, Prague, Mallorca, Spoletto, Stavanger, Provence, etc.

He has performed with such orchestras as:

Svetlanov State Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Big Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra De Paris, National de France, Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Staatskapelle (Dresden) , Orchestras of Melbourne, Jerusalem, Toronto, Helsinki, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, etc.

References

External links

• Sergei Stadler's official website