Alexander Sitkovetsky
{{Short description|British violinist (born 1983)}}
{{For|the guitarist|Autograph (Russian band)}}
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File:Trio Sitkovetsky.jpg in 2023, Alexander on the left]]
Biography
=Family=
Sitkovetsky was born in Moscow to a musical family; his father being guitarist and composer Alexander Sitkovetsky of the Autograph fame, mother Olga Sitkovetsky being a pianist, he is the nephew of violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky.
=Musical Studies=
Aged eight, he appeared as a soloist in Montpellier, and he was subsequently invited to enroll at the Yehudi Menuhin School. He studied there with Natalya Boyarskaya and Hu Kun.
He has participated in master classes with Yehudi Menuhin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Mauricio Fuks, György Pauk, Maya Glezarova, Zvi Zeitlin, Abram Stern, Oleksandr Semchuk, and Maxim Vengerov.
Sitkovetsky subsequently went on to study under Pavel Vernikov in Vienna.
=Performer=
Sitkovetsky performs as a soloist around the world and also records. He is part of the Sitkovetsky Trio.{{cite web|url=http://sulivansweetland.co.uk/profile/sitkovetsky-trio/|title=Sitkovetsky Trio|publisher=Sulivan Sweetland|accessdate=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110701/http://sulivansweetland.co.uk/profile/sitkovetsky-trio/|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}
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External links
- [http://www.alexandersitkovetsky.com/ Official Website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071219203425/http://www.ngrartists.com/artists/sitkovetsky_a.htm Biography] at his agent's page
- [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E4DA1E31F93AA35752C0A9629C8B63 NY Times] page
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Category:British male violinists
Category:Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:21st-century British violinists
Category:21st-century British male musicians
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