Next show: Bucharest, Wed 4 Nov
Aylen Pritchin's career as a young violinist took off quickly, active internationally both as a concerto soloist and as a chamber musician. In 2019, he took fourth prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Pritchin was born in 1987 in Leningrad in the Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia). He studied there from age six, working with Elena Zaitseva until he moved to Moscow to enter the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. His primary teacher there was Eduard Grach. He participated in master classes with top players, including Shlomo Mintz, Zakhar Bron, and Vadim Gluzman. A long list of honors for Pritchin began in 2000 when he won the Temirkanov Prize. He followed that up with a strong showing at the Tchaikovsky V International Youth Competition in Japan in 2004, taking a first prize and a gold medal. In 2014, Pritchin won first prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition International Competition in France. Two years later, he joined his frequent duet partner Lukas Geniusas for his recording debut, performing violin-and-piano works by Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, and Leonid Desyatnikov on an album released by the Melodiya label. Pritchin's performing career accelerated rapidly in the late 2010s. He has performed across continental Europe as well as in Israel, Japan, and Vietnam, appearing at such top venues as the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Salzburg Mozarteum, and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Hall in Moscow. Pritchin has performed as a soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, among other groups. He has a large repertory extending from Bach and Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber to works by Witold Lutosławski. An enthusiastic chamber player, Pritchin has performed with Geniusas (with whom he made his Canadian debut in 2019 in Vancouver), Yuri Favorin, and conductor and pianist Maxim Emelyanychev. He released several more albums on Melodiya, moving to the Aparté label in 2021 for a recording of the Brahms violin sonatas with Emelyanychev. ~ James Manheim, Rovi
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Aylen Pritchin plays classical and chamber music, specializing in violin repertoires ranging from Bach to contemporary works, with acclaimed recordings on the Aparté label.
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His live performances feature virtuosic violin interpretations accompanied by piano or full orchestral backing across top European and international concert halls.
