Artem Chirkov, double bass
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