Erzhan Kulibaev, Violin soloist
España, Madrid
My approach to classical music:
“Dressed elegantly in black, with a Stradivarius in his left hand, the young Kasak violinist, with a strong sound that swirled around each member of the audience, shone with an outstanding technique and convincing and emotional peformance of Tchaikovsky to finish with a standing ovation from the Argentinian crowd.” (La Nacion)
Profile
Kazakhstan-born violinist Erzhan Kulibaev is firmly establishing himself as one of the most exciting and gifted young concert soloists.
Erzhan won the 2015 S&R; Washington Award and is a former prize winner at the Wieniawski International Violin Competitions, and First Prize winner at the Demidovski, Lisbon, Novosibirsk, Hindemith, Buenos-Aires International Violin Competitions.
One of the Young Artists of The Violin Channel, his recent concert engagements included solo debuts at prestigious concert halls like Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium in New York, Mariinsky Theater Concert Hall in Saint Petersburg, St. James Church Piccadilly in London, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Sony Center for Performing arts in Toronto, Berlin Konzerthaus, "Opera Bastille" in Paris, Gran Rex Theater in Buenos-Aires, Auditorio de Tenerife.
He has performed with many world-renowned orchestras including Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Iuventus Warsaw, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, The Symphony Orchestra of Castilla y Leon, Rzeszów Philharmonic Orchestra, The Chamber Orchestra of the Philharmonic Society of Moscow, St Petersburg State Capella Chamber Orchestra, The Symphony Orchestra of Yucatan, The "Astana-Opera" Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia Orchestra, Philharmonia Pomorska Symphony Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra.
He collaborated with artists such as Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Maxim Vengerov, Schlomo Minz, James Feddeck, Vladimir Kiradjiev, Abzal Mukhitdinov, Rafael Payare, Alejandro Posada, Marek Pijarowski, Wojciech Rajski, Tadeusz Strugała, Tadeusz Wojciechowski, Itamar Golan, Mihnea Ignat.
Erzhan has performed in many international festivals such as the Salzburg Festival, "Chopin and his Europe" and Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, Santander Festival, Estío Musical Burgalés, Otoño Musical Soriano, Classical Music Festival in Riga, Kasama Music Festival in Japan, Henryk Wieniawski Festival, LongLake Festival in Lugano and Crans Montana Classics in Switzerland.
He toured performing concerts in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Ukraine, USA, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland and Japan.
Erzhan has recorded a CD of chamber pieces by Józef Krogulski and Józef Nowakowski for The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw.
Erzhan started to play violin at the age of six. Graduated from The Central Special Music School of Moscow State Conservatory P. I. Tchaikovsky. Since 2004 studied in the class of the professor Zakhar Bron at The Queen Sofia High School of Music in Madrid.
Currently Erzhan is a student of Prof. Pierre Amoyal in Mozarteum University in Salzburg (Austria).
After winning a Premio Tango for best interpretation of an argentine tango at the Buenos Aires International Violin Competition, Erzhan is making his own arrangements of Piazzolla's music and performs them as encore.
