Philippe Quint

From the moment he takes the stage, Grammy Award-nominee violinist Philippe Quint captivates his audience with his charismatic presence. Beyond his recognized star power, Mr. Quint is often lauded for a “searingly poetic lyricism” (Daily Telegraph, UK) in repertoire that ranges from Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms to the leading composers of our time.Mr. Quint plays on a 1723 “Ex-Keisewetter” Antonio Stradivari Violin on loan to him from Mr. and Mrs. Arrisson through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society in Chicago. Mr. Quint, whose unusual surname is of Italian origin, was born of a rich musical heritage in St. Petersburg, Russia; his mother, Lora Kvint, is celebrated as one of Russia’s most well known popular composers. Mr. Quint left the former Soviet Union in 1991 and is now an American citizen who harbors a strong commitment to the music of his new country, frequently performing works by William Schuman, Lukas Foss, Leonard Bernstein, Ned Rorem, John Corigliano, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Lera Auerbach. Mr. Quint’s impressive discography to date includes William Schuman’s Violin Concerto (Naxos 2001), a debut album that received two Grammy Award nominations including “Best soloist with an Orchestra.” This album was selected as “Editor’s Choice” by both Gramophone and Strad magazines. In addition to his recording of Bernstein’s “Serenade” for Naxos in 2005, which was selected as CD of the Week by the UK’s Daily Telegraph, and Editor’s Choice by Gramophone. He has also recorded Lukas Foss’s complete works for violin and piano (Elysium 2003) with Maestro Foss at the piano. His latest recording was released to critical acclaim in May 2006 on Naxos, is of Ned Rorem’s Violin Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Maestro Jose Serebrier. In January 2007, Mr. Quint recorded the complete works of Miklos Rosza for violin and piano with the noted pianist William Wolfram followed by a CD of Paganini/Kreisler , Corgliano/Thompson and the Korngold Violin Concerto and all for Naxos. Mr. Quint has been in wide demand, both domestically and internationally; recent concert engagements include the Detroit, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Bournemouth (UK), Houston, Nashville, and Virginia Symphonies; the Royal Liverpool (UK), Buffalo, Louisiana, and Oklahoma Philharmonic Orchestras; the China National Symphony; the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; and the Mostly Mozart Festival, under the batons of renowned conductors Marin Alsop, Andrew Litton, Klauspeter Seibel, Kurt Masur, Hans Graf, Arild Remmereit, Maxim Shostakovich, JoAnn Falletta, Jorge Mester, Carlos Miguel Prieto, and Kenneth Schermerhorn. Mr. Quint’s highlights next season include returns to the Bournemouth Symphony (Saint Saëns Concerto No. 3), the Indianapolis Symphony (Glazunov Concerto), and the Louisiana Philharmonic (Lera Auerbach Concerto No.1). He will also make his debut with both the Omaha and Alabama symphonies and tour South Africa and Australia in the 2006/2007 season.Reviewing a recital by Mr. Quint at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall, New York Times critic Allan Kozinn wrote: “Quint has power, breadth of tone and passion.” (October 10, 2003) A recent critique by The Chicago Tribune hailed Mr. Quint: “What a terrific soloist the young Russian born American violinist Philippe Quint makes! Here is a fiddle virtuoso whose many awards are fully justified by the brilliance of his playing”. (July 29, 2001) “A Legend in the Making,” was one critic’s prediction, while “flawless,” “dazzling,” “extraordinary,” and “astonishing” are only a few adjectives awarded him by the press. Last season Mr. Quint was the featured soloist at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in the world premiere of Lera Auerbach’s Concerto No.1, a piece written for him and dedicated to him. An active chamber musician, he has appeared in recitals and performances at Caramoor (NY), Ravinia (IL), Aspen (CO), Lukas Foss’s Hamptons Music Festival (NY), Kravis Center (FL), UC Davis Presents (CA), and most recently at the National Gallery in Washington (DC). His live performances and interviews have been broadcast in New York on WQXR and WNYC , on England’s BBC Radio 3, Boston’s WGBH , Chicago’s WFMT , Denver’s KVRD , St. Louis’ KFUO , National Public Radio (NPR), Austria’s ORF , and on ABC -TV in Sacramento and Detroit. Mr. Quint studied at Moscow’s Special Music School for the Gifted with the famed Russian violinist Andrei Korsakov, and made his orchestral debut at the age of 9, performing Wieniawski’s Concerto No. 2. After emigrating to the United States, he earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Juilliard and was graduated in 1998. His distinguished pedagogues included Dorothy Delay, Cho-Liang Lin, Masao Kawasaki, and Felix Galimir. He has also studied and participated in masterclasses with Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, and Arnold Steinhardt. Having won a myriad of awards since his days as a student, Quint has amassed top prizes at the Juilliard Competition (‘98), Spain’s Pablo de Sarasate International Violin Competition (‘97), where he also received the Special Audience Prize, and the Salon de Virtuosi Award (‘97). He has been a Career Grant recipient of the Clarisse B. Kampel Foundation since 1996 and the Bagby Foundation since 2002.