Biography
Vadim Gluzman, whose violin repertoire extends from Bach through to works of the present day, benefited from mentorship by Isaac Stern in the initial phase of his career.
Born in Ukraine in 1973 while it remained part of the Soviet Union, he spent the bulk of his childhood in Riga, Latvia, also then under Soviet administration. Displaying early aptitude, he began violin lessons at age seven. Training followed with Roman Sne in Latvia and Zakhar Bron in Russia; in 1990 his family moved to Israel, where he continued studies with Yair Kless in Tel Aviv. Further work in the United States brought him under the guidance of Arkady Fromin, Dorothy DeLay, and Masao Kawasaki. Stern’s encouragement helped secure the Henryk Szeryng Foundation Career Award for Gluzman in 1994.
He has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic. Festival appearances have taken him to Verbier, Ravinia, and Jerusalem, as well as the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Northbrook, Illinois, which he established together with his wife and regular accompanist, pianist Angela Yoffe. Beginning in the 2013-2014 season, Gluzman served as creative partner and principal guest artist with the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio. Among the composers whose new pieces he has introduced are Giya Kancheli, Peteris Vasks, and Sofia Gubaidulina. The heart of his recorded output nevertheless remains Romantic, and his playing continues the established Russian lineage. Concerto engagements in the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season took him to orchestras in Luzern, Switzerland, and Düsseldorf, Germany, as well as to the Youth Orchestra of Fresno in California.
His first recording, issued by Koch International in 1997, presented sonatas by Hindemith, Beethoven, and Brahms. An almost exclusive association with BIS began in 2003 with his account of Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for violin and piano. A 2011 BIS release of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 received a Diapason d’Or award. In 2017 the label brought out his recording of Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, paired with the Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78. By 2020 he had issued sixteen albums on BIS, the most recent devoted to the music of Peteris Vasks.
Gluzman performs on the “Ex-Leopold Auer” Stradivarius violin of 1690.
Born in Ukraine in 1973 while it remained part of the Soviet Union, he spent the bulk of his childhood in Riga, Latvia, also then under Soviet administration. Displaying early aptitude, he began violin lessons at age seven. Training followed with Roman Sne in Latvia and Zakhar Bron in Russia; in 1990 his family moved to Israel, where he continued studies with Yair Kless in Tel Aviv. Further work in the United States brought him under the guidance of Arkady Fromin, Dorothy DeLay, and Masao Kawasaki. Stern’s encouragement helped secure the Henryk Szeryng Foundation Career Award for Gluzman in 1994.
He has performed as soloist with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic. Festival appearances have taken him to Verbier, Ravinia, and Jerusalem, as well as the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Northbrook, Illinois, which he established together with his wife and regular accompanist, pianist Angela Yoffe. Beginning in the 2013-2014 season, Gluzman served as creative partner and principal guest artist with the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra in Columbus, Ohio. Among the composers whose new pieces he has introduced are Giya Kancheli, Peteris Vasks, and Sofia Gubaidulina. The heart of his recorded output nevertheless remains Romantic, and his playing continues the established Russian lineage. Concerto engagements in the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season took him to orchestras in Luzern, Switzerland, and Düsseldorf, Germany, as well as to the Youth Orchestra of Fresno in California.
His first recording, issued by Koch International in 1997, presented sonatas by Hindemith, Beethoven, and Brahms. An almost exclusive association with BIS began in 2003 with his account of Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for violin and piano. A 2011 BIS release of Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 received a Diapason d’Or award. In 2017 the label brought out his recording of Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, paired with the Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78. By 2020 he had issued sixteen albums on BIS, the most recent devoted to the music of Peteris Vasks.
Gluzman performs on the “Ex-Leopold Auer” Stradivarius violin of 1690.
Albums
Mahler Symphony No.5
2023
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 ''Romantic''
2022
Beethoven & Schnittke: Violin Concertos
2021
Pēteris Vasks: Distant Light, Piano Quartet & Summer Dances
2020
Tchaikovsky, Schnittke & Babajanian: Works for Piano Trio
2019
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Sonata for Solo Violin
2016
Prokofiev: Violin Sonatas - 3 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet
2013
Gubaidulina: Glorious Percussion - In Tempus Praesens
2011
Shostakovich: Violin Sonata / Auerbach: Ballet for A Lonely Violinist / September 11
2006
Part / Vasks / Schnittke / Kancheli: Time... and Again
2004
Auerbach: Twenty Four Preludes for Violin and Piano
2003