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Leonidas Kavakos

U-Leonidas Kavakos waziwa emhlabeni wonke njengomdlali wekhono eliyingqayizivele, ubuhle obuyivelakancane, oheha umphakathi nezingcweti ngomculo omuhle kakhulu nobuqotho bokuhumusha.

I-violinist yazalwa ngo-1967 e-Athene emndenini wabaculi futhi yathatha izinyathelo zayo zokuqala emculweni ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwabazali bakhe. Wabe esefunda eGreek Conservatory noStelios Kafantaris, ambheka njengomunye wabeluleki bakhe abathathu abayinhloko, kanye noJoseph Gingold noFerenc Rados.

Lapho eneminyaka engu-21, uKavakos wayesevele ewine imincintiswano emithathu ehlonishwayo yamazwe ngamazwe: ngo-1985 wawina umncintiswano weSibelius eHelsinki, futhi ngo-1988 umncintiswano wePaganini eGenoa kanye noMqhudelwano waseNaumburg e-USA. Lezi zimpumelelo zalethela umdlali wevayolini osemncane udumo emhlabeni wonke, njengoba kwenza ukuqoshwa okwalandela ngokushesha - okokuqala emlandweni - kwenguqulo yokuqala ye-J. Sibelius Concerto, yaklonyelisa umklomelo kamagazini weGramophone. Lo mculi uhlonishwe ngokudlala ivayolini edumile i-Il Cannone kaGuarneri del Gesu, okwakungeyePaganini.

Phakathi neminyaka yokuphila kwakhe eyedwa, uKavakos waba nethuba lokucula nama-orchestra nabaqhubi abadumile emhlabeni, njengeBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra noSir Simon Rattle, iRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra noMariss Jansons, iLondon Symphony Orchestra noValery. UGergiev, iLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra noRiccardo Chaily. Ngesizini ka-2012/13, ubengumculi ehlala e-Berlin Philharmonic kanye neLondon Symphony Orchestras, wabamba iqhaza ohambweni lokugubha usuku lwe-Concertgebouw Orchestra kanye noM. Jansons ne-Bartok's Violin Concerto No. 2 (lo msebenzi wenziwa yi- i-orchestra okokuqala).

Ngesizini ka-2013/14, uKavakos wenze umdlalo wakhe wokuqala neVienna Philharmonic Orchestra eqhutshwa nguR. Chaily. E-US, ujwayele ukudlala neNew York neLos Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, iChicago neBoston Symphony Orchestras, kanye nePhiladelphia Orchestra.

Ngesizini ka-2014/15, umdlali wevayolini ubeyi-Artist-in-Residence eRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Ukubambisana kwaqala ngohambo olusha lwamadolobha aseYurophu oluholwa ngumaestro uMaris Jansons. Futhi ngesizini edlule, uKavakos ubeyi-Artist-in-Residence ne-US National Symphony Orchestra eWashington DC.

NgoJanuwari 2015, u-L. Kavakos wenza i-Sibelius Violin Concerto ne-Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra eqhutshwa ngu-Sir Simon Rattle, futhi ngoFebhuwari wayethula eLondon Barbican.

Njengoba "indoda yezwe", uKavakos ugcina futhi ugcina ubuhlobo obuseduze nezwe lakubo - iGrisi. Kwaphela iminyaka engu-15 esekela umjikelezo wamakhonsathi omculo wekamelo e-Megaron Concert Hall e-Athene, lapho abaculi bedlala khona - abangani bakhe nabalingani bakhe abaqhubekayo: Mstislav Rostropovich, Heinrich Schiff, Emanuel Ax, Nikolai Lugansky, Yuja Wang, Gauthier Capuçon. Wengamela ama-Violin and Chamber Music Masterclasses aminyaka yonke e-Athene, eheha abadlali be-violin namaqoqo avela emhlabeni wonke futhi ebonisa ukuzibophezela okujulile ekusabalaliseni ulwazi lomculo namasiko.

Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, umsebenzi weKavakos njengomqhubi uye wathuthuka kakhulu. Kusukela ngo-2007, ubeqondisa iSalzburg Chamber Orchestra (Camerata Salzburg), engena esikhundleni sakhe.

isikhundla sikaSir Roger Norrington. EYurophu uye waqhuba i-German Symphony Orchestra yaseBerlin, i-Chamber Orchestra yaseYurophu, i-orchestra ye-National Academy yase-Santa Cecilia, i-Vienna Symphony Orchestra, i-Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, i-Finnish Radio Orchestra kanye ne-Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; e-US, yiBoston, Atlanta, kanye ne-St. Louis Symphony Orchestras. Ngesizini edlule, lo mculi uphinde wacula ne-Boston Symphony Orchestra, i-Budapest Festival Orchestra, i-Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra kanye ne-Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, futhi waqala ukudlala ku-console ye-London Symphony Orchestra kanye ne-Philharmonic Orchestra yeRadio France.

Kusukela ngo-2012, u-Leonidas Kavakos ube ngumculi okhethekile we-Decca Classics. Ukukhishwa kwakhe okokuqala kulebula, i-Beethoven's Complete Violin Sonatas eno-Enrico Pace, yaklonyeliswa nge-Instrumentalist of the Year kuma-ECHO Klassik Awards ka-2013 waphinde waqokelwa Indondo YeGrammy. Ngesizini ka-2013/14, uKavakos noPace bethule umjikelezo ophelele we-sonatas kaBeethoven eCarnegie Hall yaseNew York nasemazweni aseMpumalanga Ekude.

Idiski yesibili yomdlali wevayolini ku-Decca Classics, ekhishwe ngo-Okthoba 2013, ihlanganisa i-Brahms' Violin Concerto ne-Gewandhaus Orchestra (edlalwa u-Riccardo Chailly). I-disc yesithathu kulebula efanayo (Brahms Violin Sonatas noYuja Wang) yakhululwa entwasahlobo ka-2014. NgoNovemba 2014, abaculi benza umjikelezo we-sonatas eCarnegie Hall (ikhonsathi yasakazwa e-USA naseCanada), futhi ngo-2015 bethula uhlelo emadolobheni amakhulu aseYurophu.

Ilandela i-Sibelius Concerto kanye nenani lokunye okurekhodiwe kwasekuqaleni kumalebula e-Dynamic, BIS kanye ne-ECM, i-Kavakos iqophe kakhulu ku-Sony Classical, okuhlanganisa amakhonsathi e-violin amahlanu kanye ne-Mozart's Symphony No. ).

Ngo-2014, i-violinist yaklonyeliswa ngendondo yeGramophone futhi yaqanjwa ngokuthi uMculi Wonyaka.

Ehlobo lika-2015, wabamba iqhaza emikhosini emikhulu yamazwe ngamazwe: "Izinkanyezi Zobusuku Obumhlophe" eSt. Petersburg, Verbier, Edinburgh, Annecy. Phakathi kwabalingani bakhe kula makhonsathi kwakukhona i-Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra noValery Gergiev kanye ne-Academic Symphony Orchestra ye-St. Petersburg Philharmonic no-Yuri Temikanov, i-Israel Philharmonic Orchestra no-Gianandrea Noseda.

Ngo-June 2015, uLeonidas Kavakos wayeyilungu lejaji lomncintiswano we-violin we-XV International Tchaikovsky Competition. PI Tchaikovsky.

Isizini ka-2015/2016 igcwele imicimbi egqamile emsebenzini womculi. Phakathi kwazo: izinkambo eRussia (amakhonsathi e-Kazan ne-State Symphony Orchestra yaseTatarstan eyenziwa ngu-Alexander Sladkovsky naseMoscow ne-State Academic Symphony Orchestra yaseRussia eyenziwa nguVladimir Yurovsky); amakhonsathi e-UK kanye nohambo lwaseSpain neLondon Philharmonic Orchestra (umqhubi V. Yurovsky); izinkambo ezimbili ezinde zamadolobha ase-US (Cleveland, San Francisco, Philadelphia ngoNovemba 2015; New York, Dallas ngo-March 2016); Amakhonsathi ne-Bavarian Radio orchestras (edlalwa uMariss Jansons), iLondon Symphony Orchestra (Simon Rattle), iVienna Symphony Orchestra (Vladimir Yurovsky), iDanish National Symphony Orchestra kanye ne-Orchester National de Lyon (Jukka-Pekka Saraste), I-Orchestra de Paris (Paavo Järvi), i-La Scala Theatre Orchestra (Daniel Harding), i-Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra (Gustavo Gimeno), i-Dresden Staatskapella (Robin Ticciati) kanye nenani lamanye amaqoqo ahamba phambili eYurophu nase-USA; ucula njengomqhubi nomculi oyedwa neChamber Orchestra yaseYurophu, iSingapore Symphony Orchestra, iPhilharmonic Orchestra yeRadio France, iSanta Cecilia Academy Orchestra, iBamberg Symphony Orchestra, iDanish National Symphony Orchestra, iNetherlands Radio Orchestra, iRotterdam Philharmonic , i-Vienna Symphony; amakhonsathi e-chamber, lapho abadlali bopiyano u-Enrico Pace no-Nikolai Lugansky, umculi we-cellist u-Gauthier Capuçon ezocula njengabalingani bomculi.

U-Leonidas Kavakos unentshisekelo ngentshiseko kwezobuciko bokwenza ama-violin neminsalo (yakudala nesimanje), ecabanga ukuthi lobu buciko buyimfihlakalo enkulu nemfihlakalo, engaxazululeki kuze kube yizinsuku zethu. Yena ngokwakhe udlala i-violin ye-Abergavenny Stradivarius (1724), ungumnikazi wamaviyolini enziwe amakhosi angcono kakhulu wesimanje, kanye neqoqo elikhethekile leminsalo.