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Vadim Repin was born on August 31, 1971, and began studying violin with Zakhar Bron at age five, giving his first public performance after only six months of study. He debuted internationally in Tokyo, Munich, Berlin, and Helsinki at age 14 (1985) and made his Carnegie Hall debut the following year at 15.
Repin became the youngest-ever winner of the violin section of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels at age 17, and Yehudi Menuhin called him “simply the best and most perfect violinist that I have ever had the chance to hear.” He has performed regularly with conductors including Simon Rattle, Valery Gergiev, and Mariss Jansons, premiered James MacMillan’s Violin Concerto (dedicated to him) with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2010, and remains a fixture at major festivals such as the BBC Proms, Verbier, and Gstaad.
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