Artem Chirkov, double bass

Sunday, September 23, 2012, 5:00 pm
Artem Chirkov is principal double bassist of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. He won first prize in the inaugural Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition. Accompanist: Randall Benway. Free.
Location: 
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
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Sponsor: 
School of Music and Dance
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SF State Box Office
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415-338-2467
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Chirkov began to study cello at the Special Music Lyceum of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and at 16, started to learn double bass. He continued his postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Germany with Professor Klaus Trumpf. Chirkov is a first-prize winner at the International competition Virtuosi 2000 in St. Petersburg and International Competition in Toliatti (Russia), International Double Bass competition J.M Sperger Michaelstein (Gerrnany) and International Double Bass competition in Brno (Czech Republic). In 2004, Chirkov became the youngest principal double bass in the history of St. Petersburg Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Evgeny Mravinsky’s famed “Leningrad Philharmonic” orchestra), a position which he still holds.

Program

Works by Rachmaninoff, Shostakovitch, Proto, Sperger, Bottesini and others

Press coverage

San Francisco Classical Voice, September 18, 2012