|
 |
BORISLAV STRULEV
Cellist
Borislav Strulev is rapidly establishing a reputation as a cellist of exceptional temperament and technique. Critics and audiences in all parts of the world have recognized him as one of the most exciting young instrumentalis ts to emerge from Russia in recent years.
This season Mr. Strulev collaborates with celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and Grammy nominated Brazilian jazz-pianist Eliane Elias on a CD produced by Ettore Stratta on RCA-BMG red label. In A u gust he opened the Tacoma International Music Festival along with Kathleen Battle and Byron Janis, where he performed Schubert's String Quintet with the St. Lawrence String Quartet and Chopin's cello sonata with Byron Janis as well as Elgar and Dvorak c on certos with Maestro Marco Parisotto in Canada. He returns to South Africa for a month long tour of the entire country including both recitals and orchestral engagements in celebration of 100th anniversary of Johannesburg Musical Society. In May he wi ll pe rform Saint-Saens cello concerto with Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI in Torino (Italy). He will have his orchestra debut in Sweden, playing Schostakovich cello concerto # 1 with Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester.
His schedule for 2000-2001 sea so n in cluded performances as soloist with the WDR Sympohny Orchestra in Köln and Detroit Symphony Orchestra under maestro Neeme Järvi where he played the Rococo Variations of Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saens concerto in a-minor respectively. It also included ap pearances at some of the most celebrated musical venues including Alice Tully Hall with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Haydn - Divertimento) and Merkin Hall in New York City, in recital with gold medallist Denis Matsuev. He performed the Walton concerto i n Sw eden with Kristjan Järvi and Tchaikovky's Rococo Variations with the Orchestra del Principado de Asturias in Spain. On his schedule was also a tour of South Africa, Strauss' Don Quixote with the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, and Dvorak c oncer to wi th National Orchestras of Colombia and Panama.
In November 1999. Mr. Strulev made his sensational Carnegie Hall debut with the legendary pianist Byron Janis. Earlier that year he was invited for a concert tour as soloist with the Mo scow Philhar monic Orchestra under Yuri Simonov on its 1999 American tour with Rococo Variations. In New York he premiered John Tavener's "Svyaty" for cello and chamber choir with the Little Orchestra Society and The Orpheon Chorale. He also gave the ame rican premier e of legendary composer Lou Harrison's Suite for cello and string Orchestra with the California Symphony. At the Musical Festival of the Hamptons he took part in 'A Bernstein celebration' playing The Meditations From Mass for cello and piano. In E urope, M r. Strulev made an acclaimed recital tour of Sweden, concerts and master classes in France, Spain (San Sebastian) and Finland (Oulu) where he played Schostakovich's concerto No.1. under Maestro Dieter Rossberg.
Borislav Strulev made hi s North A merican debut with a recital at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, in December 1993 and his orchestral debut with the Chicago Sinfonietta at the Orchestra Hall in October1994. He was so enthusiastically received in Chicago that he wa s invite d to be th e soloist for the Sinfonietta's California tour in February 1996 and again for the opening night of the ensemble's 1996-97 series at Orchestra Hall. He had his New York orchestral debut with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Avery Fishe r Hall playing Saint-Saens' a-minor concerto. He also played with Honolulu Symphony under Michael Stern, Reno Philarmonia Orchestra, Bangor Symphony, and Westchester Symphony and has given recitals at the Kravis Center and Van Wezel Hall in Florida.
Mr. Strulev's i nternational touring activity in previous seasons has also been wide ranging. He has appeared in virtually every major Russian City both as recitalist and with the foremost orchestras such as Symphony Orchestra of Moscow under Pavel K ogan in the Great Con cert Hall, Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Vedernikov and Moscow Philharmonic. As recitalist Mr. Strulev played at Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Yalta Music Festival and Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
He made his South Ame rican debut as soloist with the National Orchestra of Colombia in 1995 and performed the following year with the National Orchestra of Chile. In 1997 he made his South African debut with recitals in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Durin g the 199 7-98 season he made his first tour of 10 cities in Japan as recitalist on the JAL Young Artists Series, highlighted by a performance at Tokyo's Suntory Hall. Among his many festival appearances have been those at Ravinia Festival (Chicago), Reims and Tour (France), Lau sanne and Verbier (Switzerland).
The son of professional musicians, Borislav Strulev began his cello studies at the age of 8 and studied at the Moscow's Central School of Music. Mr. Strulev was a first-prize winner at the All-Union Young Artists C ompetition in Moscow in 1992. In October 1998, he received the Salon de Virtuosi Arthur W. Diamond Fellowship Grant at Steinway Hall. His recitals have been broadcast on WQXR and WNYC in New York, WFMT in Chicago, in Honolulu and other cities around the world.
"He plays as if he were to the cello born. His sound, phrasing, coloring and technique already place him in position to follow the Russian tradition of cello playing. Watch this young man, and more importantly, listen to him."
Byron Janis
"The feeling was that Borislav Strulev assumed the decisive power of Herbet von Karajan.''
"Vasterbottens-Kuriren, Sweden - 2001
"Byron Janis returned to play at CARNEGIE HALL with cellist Borislav Strulev, and the full house gave both of them a warm reception."
New York Post -1999
"Borislav Strulev - he is nonetheless a phenomenon who can achieve all possible heights with his cello."
Vasterbottens-Kuriren, Sweden - 2001
"The enormous power reminded of massive interpretations of this pieace by Yo-Yo Ma."
Vasterbottens Folkband, Sweden - 2001
"The ensemble with the individual orchestra members was finely achieved and the cellist with secure and clean intonation let the playfulness of this piece flow freely again. "
Kölnische Rundscha u, Germany - 2001
" However, he did not only impress with the beauty of his performance, but rather with its sovereignty, with which he gleaned the field of suspense of stylized conversation in Rococo manner and the deeply emotional characterization."
Kö lner Stadt Anzeiger, Germany -2001
"The young Russian cellist Borislav Strulev mastered with superior style all the virtuosic finesse of Tchaikovsky's work. The power of his playing expressed the eternity of feelings. Strulev played with precision and se nsitivity, energy, pertness and necessary drama."
Bonner Generalanzeiger, Germany - 2001
''The 23-year-old Russian boasts an enormous, gripping sound, full of bright colors and effortless power; when he plays, he commandeers the sonic spotlight with ease."
San Francisco Chronicle - 2000
''Borislav Strulev avery mature artist, who has a clear interpretive vision, the right touch for large scaled music and the skills and charisma to perform in front of a symphony orchestra."
Kaleva, Finland - 2000
"Boris lav Strulev, the cello soloist, played with a rich, singing tone and conveyed a sense of the line's devotional shape."
The New York Times -1999
"The high point of the concert was Borislav Strulev in the G-minor Cello Sonata. The 23-years -old cellist fro m Russia played with a brawny tone and sure technique."
Chicago Tribune -1999
"The cellist's interpretation was total. In lyric parts he leaned himself backwards with his eyes shut; in the fast parts he seemed to get flying up from his chair. The dynamic range of his was wide from whispering to straight cry. In fortissimos Mr. Strulev was torturing his cello with apocalyptic intensity and it was a miracle how the instrument survived from it."
Kaleva, Finland - 2000
"Borislav Srulev showed the sensitivit y of the interpretation, but he can stir up a storm by getting at the nerve center of violence."
El Diario Vasco, Spain - 1999
''He produced a gorgeous sound."
Daily News of Japan - 1998
''In the Rococo Variations the cello soloist Borislav Strulev, who seemed terribly young. His tone was beautiful and huge: it seemed to fill the hall all by itself!!! The flutist's dialog with the cellist was exquisite."
American Record Guide - 1999
''With grace, power and even a sense of suffering, he gave his cello a soul."
Le Maurienne, France - 1999
''What a way to feel!
What expression! Words are not enough to express what it meant to us to listen this unreal talent - musical genius!!!"
El Norte, Mexico -1998
|
 |
|
|
|
| Excerpts from Rococo Variations# | |
|
| |
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).
|
|
need help playing tracks?
lo fi play
hi fi play
download
email track to a friend
view track info