From the moment he takes the stage, violinist Philippe Quint captivates his audience with his charismatic presence. Mr. Quint was born of a rich musical heritage in St. Petersburg, Russia; his mother, Lora Kvint, is celebrated as one of Russia's most well-known popular composers. Mr. Quint left the former Soviet Union in 1991 and is now an American citizen who harbors a strong commitment to the music of his new country, frequently performing works by William Schuman, Lukas Foss, Leonard Bernstein, Ned Rorem, John Corigliano, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Lera Auerbach.
In 2007, he collaborated with noted pianist William Wolfram on two CD’s recordings: the complete works of Miklos Rozsa (Naxos 8.570190) and most recently works of John Corigliano and Virgil Thomson. Upcoming projects include the recording of Korngold’s Violin Concerto with Carlos Miguel Prieto and Orchestra de Minería and a recording of works by Paganini arranged by Fritz Kreisler. Philippe Quint is engaged to record for Naxos the virtuosic violin concertos nos. 2, 3 and 5 of Charles de Beriot (1802-1870), one of the masters of the 19th century school of violin playing. This recording is part of the Naxos series devoted exclusively to music composed by 19th century violin virtuosos.
Philippe Quint studied at Moscow's Special Music School for the Gifted with Andrei Korsakov, and made his orchestral debut at the age of 9, performing Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2. After emigrating to the United States, he earned both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Dorothy Delay, Cho-Liang Lin, Masao Kawasaki, and Felix Galimir. He has also studied and participated in master-classes with Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, and Arnold Steinhardt.
Having won a myriad of awards since his days as a student, he took top prizes at the 1998 Juilliard Competition, the 1997 Pablo de Sarasate International Violin Competition, where he also received the Special Audience Prize, and the 1997 Salon de Virtuosi Award. His appearances include performances with the Detroit, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Bournemouth (UK), Houston, Nashville, and Virginia Symphonies; the Royal Liverpool (UK), Buffalo, Louisiana, and Oklahoma Philharmonic Orchestras; the China National Symphony; the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; and the Mostly Mozart Festival, under the batons of renowned conductors Marin Alsop, Andrew Litton, Klauspeter Seibel, Kurt Masur, Hans Graf, Arild Remmereit, Maxim Shostakovich, JoAnn Falletta, Jorge Mester, Carlos Miguel Prieto, and Kenneth Schermerhorn.
In 2005 he performed the world première of Lera Auerbach’s Concerto No. 1 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, a piece written for him and dedicated to him. An active chamber musician, he has appeared in recitals and performances at Caramoor (NY), Ravinia (IL), Aspen (CO), Lukas Foss's Hamptons Music Festival (NY), Kravis Center (FL), UC Davis Presents (CA), and most recently at the National Gallery in Washington (DC). His live performances and interviews have been broadcast in widely in the US and Austria. In 2005, Philippe Quint was featured on the soundtrack of David Grubin's new documentary, Marie Antoinette.
Philippe Quint has been awarded grants by the Clarisse Kampel and Bagby Foundations, and was nominated Young Artist of the Year by the British Royal Philharmonic Society in 2007. He plays a 1723 “Ex-Kiesewetter” Antonio Stradivari violin on loan to him from Mr. and Mrs. Clement Arrisson through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society in Chicago.
For more information, please visit www.philippequint.com.
