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Nikolaj Znaider
Celebrated as one of the
foremost violinists of today, Nikolaj Znaider
is regularly invited to work with the world’s
leading orchestras including, Vienna Philharmonic,
Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,
London Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic,
New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia
Orchestra, Cleveland Symphony, and enjoys artistic
collaborations with acclaimed conductors including
Barenboim, Chung, Sir Colin Davis, von Dohnanyi,
Dutoit, Gergiev, Jansons, Maazel, Masur, Mehta,
Rostropovich, Temirkanov and Thielemann. Born
in Denmark to Polish-Israeli parents, Znaider
studied with the eminent Russian pedagogue Boris
Kushnir and drawing on this eclectic background
his playing has been heralded in the Strad Magazine
as “extraordinarily intelligent, soulful and
impassioned, yet without a hint of indulgence”
and the Chicago Tribune said “Perhaps not since
the young Gidon Kremer burst upon the violin
world in 1970 has a violinist caused quite the
stir of Nikolaj Znaider”
A keen recitalist and chamber
musician, Znaider has shared the stage with
the foremost artists of today such as Daniel
Barenboim, Leif Ove Andsnes, Yuri Bashmet, Yefim
Bronfman, Lynn Harrell, Lang Lang and Pinchas
Zukerman. His recent project, recording the
complete Piano Trios of Mozart with Barenboim
and Zlotnikov has just been released on EMI
Classics.
An exclusive RCA Red Seal
recording artist, Znaider’s latest recording
of the Beethoven and Mendelssohn Violin Concerti
with the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta
has been greeted with critical acclaim. He recently
returned to the studio record the complete works
for violin and piano of Johannes Brahms with
Yefim Bronfman. His award winning recordings
of Prokofiev and Glazunov Violin Concerti with
the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Mariss
Jansons and ‘Bravo’, his album of Romantic Virtuosic
violin music have also been critically acclaimed
and were Editor’s Choice in Grammophone Magazine
“Znaider’s confident, abundantly characterful
account of the Prokofiev is, on balance, the
finest I’ve heard... his playing is a model
of scrupulous observation and profound musicality.”
Znaider is passionate about
the education of musical talent and is Founder
and Artistic Director of the Nordic Music Academy,
an annual summer school whose vision it is to
create conscious and focused musical development
based on quality and committment.
Nikolaj Znaider plays the
“Kriesler” Guarnerius “del Gesu” 1741 on extended
loan to him by The Royal Danish Theater through
the generosity of the VELUX FOUNDATIONS and
the Knud Højgaard Foundation.
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