Soloist
Jevgēnijs Čepoveckis
- Violin
Biography
I was born in Riga, Latvia in 1995. My first violin lessons came from my parents and a private teacher. At the age of 5 I was admitted to Riga's Emils Darzins Musical School for Gifted Children, and at the age of 12, to the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität, the violin class of Professor Boris Kushnir. Currently, I am completing a Master's degree at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz under Professor Boris Kuschnir (see the photo above). In 2018, I also joined the Royal Academy of Music in London, the violin class of Professor György Pauk.
I received my general secondary education in the private school in Riga, and in addition, completed certified distance programs “Introduction to mathematical thinking” at the Stanford University (USA) and “Introduction to mathematical philosophy” at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. At the age of 9, I began to study music composition under the renowned Latvian composer Peteris Vasks. Two years later I won the 1-st prize in the Latvian Competition of Young Composers. At the age of 11, I was selected to play for the English Queen Elizabeth II and UK diplomatic corps in the Arena Riga. Starting from school age, I was an active participant of national and international competitions in Latvia, Europe, and Russia. I won three Latvian State Violin Competitions in the years 2004, 2008, 2014 in different age groups, two Saulius Sondeckis International Violin Competitions in the years 2003, 2006 in different age groups Grand Prix at Balys Dvarionas International Competition (2004), Grand Prize Virtuoso Salzburg Competition (2019). I was the prize winner at such prestigious competitions as David Oistrakh International Violin Competition (2009), second prize, Luis Spohr International Violin Competition (2013), third prize, Michael Hill International Violin Competition (2019), third prize and also won XXVI International Violin Competition "Andrea Postacchini" in 2019, first prize.
My special prizes at the competitions include:
The best interpretation of the virtuoso piece (XXVI International Violin Competition "Andrea Postacchini", 2019)
The best interpretation of the contemporary piece (Latvian state violin competition, 2014)
Audience Prize (Michael Hill International Violin Competition, 2019)
Arancio Prize - two-year loan of the 1645 "Ex Christian Ferras" grand pattern Nicolò Amati violin (Michael Hill International Violin Competition, 2019)
Masterclasses with Pierre Amoyal, Zakhar Bron, Julian Rachlin, Michael Frischenschlager, György Pauk, Galina Tourchaniniova, Vadim Gluzman and other renowned artists and teachers were the part of my education. Including Mozarteum International Summer Academy, Académie de Musique de Lausanne “Violin & Piano Masterclasses”, "Lac Leman Music Masterclasses" with Michelangelo Quartet, etc. At the age of 16, I had a debut in Austria, in Graz Musikverein (Stefaniensaal) playing Mozart concertos with Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester under Maestro Gabriel Feltz. In 2018, I was a winner of the Wiener Konzerthaus “Great talent” programme for the years 2019 - 2021. I am a founder and artistic director of the “Oberton String Octet” (2015) which was designed as a modern musical formation with integrated artistic goals. We are keen to revive rarely played or forgotten octet compositions and to deal with a much broader classical and non-classical repertoire. Our intent is to make this music relevant to the modern technologically affected audiences.
The Octet is steadily expanding its concert repertoire and geography, also appearing on leading radio channels and in social media. In 2018, we were invited to play for the President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen at Hofburg presidential palace in Vienna, in commemoration 100th anniversary of the Austrian Republic. I am also the artistic director of the flexible chamber orchestra “Oberton+” which had a successful debut in 2018 with J. Haydn concerto for cello and orchestra.
The festivals I took part include Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Vaduz Classic, Styriarte, Arsonore Graz, Carinthian Summer, Lindau Junge Meister Festival, Vladimir Spivakov International Festival “Moscow Meets Friends” and many others. The “Oberton String Octet” is the ensemble in residence at the Steirisches Kammermusik Festival.
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