ALEXANDER
VIOLIN
BRUSSILOVSKY
CRR Versailles
Born in the Ukraine, Alexandre Brussilovsky completed his musical education at the Moscow Conservatoire under Yuri Yankelevitch, Maya Glezarova, Felix Andrievsky and Leonid Kogan. He won top prizes at several international competitions, including the Grand Prix at the International Prague Competition in 1969, and the Grand Prix and Albert Roussel Special Prize at the Jacques Thibaud Competition in 1975. In 1985, after having been prohibited from performing abroad for eight years, Brussilovsky was able to leave the USSR and establish his residency in France. He rebuilt his career, dividing his time between concert performances and teaching. At the same time, his dream of having his own ensemble came true on the creation of the Ensemble Ricercata de Paris.
Alexandre Brussilovsky has played in the most prestigious concert halls (Carnegie Hall in New York, Salle Pleyel and Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Bolshoi Hall at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, South Bank Center in London…) with renowned artists such as Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Emmanuel Krivine, Misha Maisky, Maurice André, Paul Meyer, François Salque, Marielle Nordmann, Volodymyr Vynnytsky, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Patrick Gallois, Zhu Xiao-Mei, Nathaniel Rosen, Suren Bagratuni, Paul Neubaur, Bion Tsang, Vladimir Feltsman , Gary Hoffmann, Eduard Brunner, Kun-Woo Paik, Neeme Jarvi, Jean-Kacques Kantorow, Francoise Pollet, Natalia Gutman, Boris Berezovsky, the Lindsays and Fine Arts Quartet...
As an international soloist, Alexandre Brussilovsky is invited to give master-classes at the Yehudi Menuhin School (England), the School of Music in Bloomington (Indiana University), the Longhy School of Music in Boston and the Alfred Schnittke Academy in Hamburg (Germany ). He also participates in numerous festivals and summer academies, such as those in Geneva, Nice, Les Arcs, Prades and New York, at the University of Montreal and the festival of the Chaise Dieu… Alexandre Brussilovsky is the artistic director of the Academy Masters at Château de Crémault before the French Music Festival Pont Alexandre III in Moscow, Lviv (Ukaine) and Paris. He is also artistic director of the Suoni e Colori recording label. Alexandre Brussilovsky is the founder and the president of the jury at the Yuri Yankelevitch International Violin Competition at Omsk Russia since 2009.
Born in Ukraine, Alexandre BRUSSILOVSKY did all his musical studies at the Moscow Conservatory with the Masters Yuri YANKELEVITCH, Maya GLEZAROVA and Félix ANDRIEVSKY. He won major international prizes, that of the Prague International Competition in 1969 and the Grand Prix and the Special Albert Roussel Prize of the Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris in 1975. He nevertheless pursued his higher studies at the Moscow Conservatory in the class of Léonid Kogan until 1979.
After being banned from concerts abroad for many years, he left the USSR and settled in France in 1985. There he recreated his career, dividing his activity between concert halls and teaching, while realizing his dream of creating his own ensemble, the ENSEMBLE RICERCATA DE PARIS.
In addition to his activities as an international soloist, Alexandre BRUSSILOVSKY is invited by the Yehudi Menuhin School (England), the Bloomington School of Music (Indiana University) and the Longy School of Music (Boston) to give master classes. He participates in several summer academies including Geneva, Arcs, Nice, New York and Prades (Festival Pablo Casals). Since October 2000 he has been invited by the chamber orchestra DEL ARTE (Neuburg, Germany) as its principal conductor.
Alexandre Brussilovsky plays in the most prestigious venues (Carnegie Hall in New York, Salle Pleyel and Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Bolshoi zal at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, South Bank Center in London, etc.) with great artists such as Lord Yehudi Menuhin , Emmanel Krivine, Misha Maisky, Gary Hoffman, Edward Brunner, Kun Wo Paik, Neeme Jarvi, Françoise Pollet, Natalia Guttman, Boris Berezovsky, the Lindsays et Fine Arts Quartet… In addition to his career as an international soloist , he was invited by the Bloomington School of Music (Indiana University) and the Longy School of Music in Boston to give master classes.
He also participates in numerous summer academies, including Geneva, Nice, Les Arcs, Prades and New York… Alexandre Brussilovsky is, moreover, Artistic Director of the French and Russian Music Festival Pont Alexandre III in Moscow and Saint- Petersburg (Russia), Hamburg (Germany), Lviv (Ukraine) and Paris. He is the founder of the Yuri Yankelevitch International Competition in Omsk, Russia. Alexandre BRUSSILOVSKY is also Artistic Director of the Suoni e Colori label.