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Infobox musical artist | name = Gidon Kremer| image =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_date = birth date and age|1947|02|27|birth_place =flagicon|Latvia Riga , Latvia , Soviet Union | genre = Classical music|Classical | occupation =| years_active =| associated_acts =| website =| notable_instruments = Violin Nicolo Amati 1641 Guarneri del Gesù 1730 Baron Feilitsch Stradivarius 1734 Gidon Kremer (lang-lv|Gidons Kremers; born February 27, 1947) is a Latvia n violin ist and conducting|conductor . In 1980 he left the USSR and settled in Germany.
Biography
Kremer was born in Riga to parents of German- Jewish (his father being a Holocaust survivor) and Latvian-Swedish origins.cite news | author=Charlotte Higgins | title=Perfect isn't good enough | url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4094468,00.html | work=The Guardian | date=22 November 2000 | accessdate=2007-08-28 He began playing the violin at the age of four, receiving instruction from his father and his grandfather, who were both professional violinists. He went on to study at the Latvian Academy of Music|Riga School of Music and with David Oistrakh at the Moscow Conservatory . In 1967, he won third prize at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels ; then, in 1969, second prize at the Montreal International Violin Competition (shared with Oleh Krysa ) followed by first prize at the Paganini Competition in Genoa ; and finally first prize again in 1970 at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
Kremer's first concert in the West was in Germany in 1975, followed by appearances at the Salzburg Festival in 1976 and in New York City in 1977. In 1981, Kremer founded a chamber music festival in Lockenhaus , Austria, with a focus on new and unconventional programming, serving as artistic director for 30 years. http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/07/festival-founder-quits-after-30-years.html In 1996 Kremer founded the Kremerata Baltica chamber music|chamber orchestra , composed of young players from the Baltic countries|Baltic region . He was also among the artistic directors of the festival "Art Projekt 92" in Munich and is director of the Musiksommer Gstaad festival in Switzerland. In 2008, he and Kremerata Baltica toured with the classical musical comedy duo Igudesman & Joo . He also made regular appearances at the Verbier Festival until the summer of 2011, when he withdrew, issuing a public complaint of excessive hype. http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2011/07/violinist-rejects-cancellation-lie-i-am-not-unwell-he-insists-i-just-hate-the-hype.html
Kremer is known for his wide-ranging repertoire, extending from Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach|J.S. Bach to contemporary composers. He has championed the work of composers such as Ástor Piazzolla , George Enescu , Alban Berg , Philip Glass , Alfred Schnittke , Leonid Desyatnikov , Alexander Raskatov , Alexander Voustin , Lera Auerbach , Peteris Vasks , Arvo Pärt , Victoria Poleva , Roberto Carnevale and John Coolidge Adams|John Adams . Among the many composers who have dedicated works to him are Sofia Gubaidulina ( Offertorium ) and Luigi Nono ( La lontananza nostalgica utopica futura ). His partners in performance include Valery Afanassiev , Martha Argerich , Oleg Maisenberg , Mischa Maisky , Yuri Bashmet and Vadim Sakharov. He has a large discography on the Deutsche Grammophon label, for which he has recorded since 1978; he has also recorded for Philips Records , as well as Decca Records , ECM (record label)|ECM and Nonesuch Records .
Kremer played the role of Paganini in Peter Schamoni 's 1983 movie, Frühlingssinfonie Spring Symphony .
Kremer has numbered in his collection of antique violins a Guarneri del Gesù violin made in 1730; and the Antonio Stradivari violin of 1734 often referred to by its sobriquet, Stradivarius|Baron Feititsch-Heermann . His current violin is a Nicolo Amati violin dating from 1641.cite web | author= | title=Gidon Kremer | url= http://www.kremerata-baltica.com/biokremer.htm | publisher=Kremerata Baltica | date= | accessdate=2007-08-28
Kremer married three times: to violinist Tatiana Grindenko, pianist Elena Bashkirova and photographer Alexandra Kremer-Khomassouridze.
Honours and awards
Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (third prize) (1967; Brussels)
Paganini Competition (first prize) (1969; Genoa)
International Tchaikovsky Competition (first prize) (1970; Moscow)
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (1972)
Léonie Sonning Music Prize (1989; Denmark)
Latvian Great Music Award (1995, 2004; Latvia )
Officer of the Order of the Three Stars (12 March 1997; Latvia)cite web |url= http://www.president.lv/images/modules/items/DOC/tzo-registrs-1994-2004.doc |title=Ar Triju Zvaigžnu ordeni apbalvoto personu registrs |publisher= Chancery of the Latvian president |format=doc |language=Latvian |accessdate=10. september 2011
Lithuanian Great Duke Gediminas Medal (2000; Lithuania )
IMC-UNESCO International Music Prize (2001, performers category, jointly awarded to Oumou Sangaré )cite web|title=Prize laureates 1975 - 2004|url= http://www.imc-cim.org/index.php? option=com_content& task=view& id=74& Itemid=1|publisher= International Music Council
Rolf Schock Prize (2008; Sweden)
Sources
Cite book |last=Apinis |first=Peteris |title=A Hundred Great Latvians. |language= |publisher=Nacionalais apgads |location=Riga |page= |year=2006 |isbn=9984-26-288-X |oclc=238892134
References
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External links
Allmusic|class=artist|id=q34517
http://www.kremerata-baltica.com/ Kremerata Baltica official website
http://www.igudesmanandjoo.com/ Igudesman and Joo
Léonie Sonning Music Prize laureatesAccademia Musicale Chigiana International Prize laureates Persondata | NAME =Kremer, Gidon | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1947-02-27 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Riga , Latvia , Soviet Union | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Kremer, Gidon Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Latvian classical violinists Category:Latvian conductors (music) Category:People from Riga Category:Nonesuch Records artists Category:Prize-winners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition Category:Moscow Conservatory alumni Category:Latvian Academy of Music alumni Category:Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition Category:Honorary Members of the Royal Academy of Music Category:Paganini Competition prize-winners Category:Rolf Schock Prize laureates Category:Recipients of the Order of the Three Stars
