Mark Peskanov

Mark Peskanov (born in Odessa, Ukraine - then part of the USSR) is an American virtuoso violinist, known as a soloist, chamber musician, composer, conductor, and concert presenter.

Biography

Peskanov began playing the piano at age three, and the violin at seven.[1] He received early musical training at the Stolyarsky school.[2] In 1973, at the age of fifteen, he emigrated to the United States, where he attended the Aspen Music Festival and the Juilliard School.[3] Upon his recital debut at Carnegie Hall the New York Times declared, “Mark Peskanov is a tremendous young violinist and his Friday evening concert at Carnegie Hall was a triumph…He has it all—technique, temperament, and taste.”[4] Since 2005, Peskanov is president and artistic/executive director of Bargemusic.[5]

Premieres

Peskanov premiered the John Williams Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony in 1981,[6] and the Stanley Wolfe Concerto (written for Peskanov) with the New York Philharmonic in 1989.[7]

Honors

Peskanov is the recipient of the Avery Fischer Career Grant[8] and Carnegie Hall’s first Isaac Stern Award.[9] He debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra as the first recipient of the Frederick R. Mann Memorial prize.[10] Peskanov performed for the inaugurations of Tokyo’s Suntory Hall in 1986 [11] and Weill Recital Hall in 1987.[12]

References
  1. http://articles.philly.com/1987-07-10/news/26197372_1_violin-david-oistrakh-dream, accessed February 13, 2015
  2. Barbara Lourie Sand (1 November 2005). Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician. Amadeus Press. pp. 203–5. ISBN 978-1-57467-376-0.
  3. Barbara Lourie Sand (1 November 2005). Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician. Amadeus Press. pp. 203–5. ISBN 978-1-57467-376-0.
  4. Page, Tim. "Recital: Mark Peskanov". New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  5. Kozinn, Allan. “Afloat on the High Seas, Persian Fountains and the Blues”. New York Times, September 1, 2008, pg E6.
  6. John Williams Violin Concerto/Flute Concerto with Mark Peskanov, Peter Lloyd, Leonard Slatkin, and The London Symphony Orchestra. Varese Sarabande Digital,VSD 5345, Nurenberg, Germany, 1983. Unattributed liner notes.
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/05/nyregion/long-and-quiet-career-is-prelude-to-a-coup-for-hastings-composer.html, accessed Jan 29 2015.
  8. http://www.aboutlincolncenter.org/programs/program-avery-fisher-artist-program/the-avery-fisher-career-grants, accessed Feb 23, 2015
  9. Marum, Lisa. “Mark Peskanov, Violinist”. Ovation: The Magazine for Classical Music Listeners. October, 1985, pg. 50.
  10. http://articles.philly.com/1987-07-10/news/26197372_1_violin-david-oistrakh-dream, accessed 13 February 2015
  11. http://www.suntory.com/culture-sports/suntoryhall/feature/hall25th/pdf/history.pdf accessed 29 January 2015.
  12. Weill recital Hall concert program, January 9, 1987.
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