|
Borislav StrulevCellist (USA)  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 instrumentalists to emerge from Russia in recent years. 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 instrumentalists to emerge from Russia in recent years. This season Mr. Strulev debuts with Helsingborgs Symfonieorkester under Maestro Sebastian Weigle. He begins a recording project under French label Lyrinx to include solo and orchestral recordings. On his agenda are also several recitals on the East Coast, Mexico, and at the new auditorium in Leon-Spain. He will be featured on French TV5 this fall in a program devoted to meaning and importance of music hosted by composer Pierre Charvet. This season will also see the release of a CD“The lost days” on RCA-VICTOR red label where he collaborated with celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and Brazilian jazz pianist Eliane Elias, as well as the Canadian motion picture “La Turbulence des fluides” produced by Luc Besson, on whose soundtrack Mr. Strulev is the featured artist. The previous season’s highlights included a debut with Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI under Maestro Kristjan Järvi. That performance of Saint-Saens a-minor concerto was broadcast by “RAI” radio and TV channels for entire Europe. Mr. Strulev participated in Umea Internatioanl Chamber Music festival in Sweden which also included a live broadcast of his recital on Scandiavian radio stations. He opened the Tacoma InternationalMusic 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. In Canada he performed Elgar and Dvorak concertos with Maestro Marco Parisotto and the Oshawa Symphony Orchestra. He returned 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. His 2000-2001 season counted appearances with the WDRSymphony 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 appearances 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 of Tchaikovsky competition Denis Matsuev. He performed with Norrlands Operan Symphony Orchestra the Waltonconcerto in Sweden with Kristjan Järvi and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Orchestra del Principado de Asturias in Oviedo-Spain under Maestro Jose Mena. On his schedule was also a tour of South Africa, Strauss’ Don Quixote with the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, and Dvorak concerto with National Orchestras of Colombia and Panama. In November 1999 Mr. Strulev made his Carnegie Hall debut with the legendary pianist Byron Janis playing Chopin Sonata. Earlier that year he was invited for a concert tour as soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under MaestroYuri 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 American premiere of legendary composer Lou Harrison’s Suite for cello and string Orchestra with the California Symphony. At the Musical Festival ofthe Hamptons he took part in ‘A Bernstein celebration’ playing “The Meditations from a Mass” for cello and piano. In Europe, Mr. Strulev made an recital tour of Sweden (Göteborg, Malmö, Kalmar), concerts and master classes in France (Lyon, Chambéry), Spain (SanSebastian) and Finland (Oulu) where he also played Schostakovich’s concerto No.1 under Maestro Dieter Rossberg. Borislav Strulev made his North American 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 with Maestro Paul Freeman in October1994. In Chicago he was invited to be the 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 Fisher Hall playing Saint-Saens’ a-minor concerto. He also played with Honolulu Symphony under MaestroMichael Stern, RenoPhilarmonia Orchestra, Bangor Symphony, and Westchester Symphony and has given recitals at the Kravis Center and Van Wezel Hall in Florida. Mr. Strulev’s international touring activity in previous seasons has also been wide ranging. He made his South American 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. During the 1997-98 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 festival appearances have been those at Ravinia Festival (Chicago), Reims and Tours (France), Lausanne and Verbier (Switzerland). 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 Koganin the Great Concert Hall, Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Vedernikov and Moscow Philharmonic. Asrecitalist Mr. Strulev played at Small Hall of Moscow Conservatory,Yalta Music Festival and Pushkin Museum in Moscow. His various musical activities also included performances at venues of great political importance such as the United Nations in New York, Unesco in Vienna, the Russian, French, Italian and Hungarian consulates where he played in honor of such celebrated figures as Gorbachev, Clinton, mayor Giuliani and U 2’s Bono. Borislav Strulev began to play the cello at the age of 8 and studied at Moscow’s Central School of Music. He is a son of professional musicians. His father is a member of the celebrated Moscow State ChamberChoir and his mother is an outstanding pianist who has accompanied Borislav in his worldwide appearances. Mr. Strulev was a first-prize winner at the All-Union Young Artists Competition in Moscow in 1992. In October 1998, he received the Salon de Virtuosi Arthur W. Diamond Fellowship Grant at Steinway Hall in New York. His recitals have been broadcasted live on WQXR and WNYC in New York, WFMT in Chicago. Repertoire
Rewievs"Borislav Strulev played [Tavener's Svyati] with a rich, singing tone and conveyed a sense of the line's devotional shape." — THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Strulev's interpretation added polish to Haydn's gem. He merges body, soul and instrument to evoke the piece's [Concerto #1] full emotional force. From his earthy French cello, Strulev drew out an exceptionally rich, honey-roasted tone. He achieved this with a well-tempered vibrato and magnificent bowing technique." — STAR BULLETIN (Honolulu)
"The high point of the concert was not [pianist Byron] Janis performing alone but his collaboration with a protege of his, Borislav Strulev, in Chopin's Cello Sonata. The 23-year old cellist from Russia played with a brawny tone and sure technique, and he seemed to have lit a fire under his mentor in a riveting performance." — CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"Cellist Borislav Strulev is a master of his instrument, but also an eloquent musician and one who feels a deep emotional involvement in everything he does. The audience cheered as his cello was made to sing, sigh, laugh and dance." — CAPE TIMES (Cape Town)
"In the Rococo Variations the soloist was Borislav Strulev, who seemed terribly young. His tone was beautiful and huge: it filled the hall all by itself!" — AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE WDR Simphony Orchestra with Maestro Neeme Jarvi at Kolner Philharmonie – April 2001 “Peter Tchaikovsky hoped for a releif of his depressive mood with reflection on Mozart in his variations on the Rococo theme op.33 for cello and orchestra. The accopmaniment has a secondary role only, the soloist is quite in the center. And his name was Borislav Strulev from Moscow who is 24 years young. With a sonorous intonation until the deepest registers and constantly rounded melody leading, Borislav Strulev brought his instrument to speak and sing. However, he did not only impress with the beauty of his performance, but rather with its sovereignity, with which he gleaned the field of suspense of stylized converstaion in Rococo manner and the deeply emotional characterization.” — KÖLNER STADT ANZEIGER ....” The young cellist Borislav Strulev devoted himself in a carefully illuminated and dynamically finely colored and sensitive interpretation of Tchaikovski's Rokoko variations.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 RUNDCHAU |
| 2005 — |
ZavArté Classic Music Agency agency@zavarteclassic.com Fax: +46 - (0) 708 - 10 38 47 |