DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH

26.11.1986. St.-Petersburg, Russia – first concert of the Terem-Quartet

EDUCATION

  • St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov,
  • St. Petersburg Academy of Culture (Alexey Barshchev)

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

  • Queen Elizabeth Hall (London, UK)
  • St.John`s Smith Square (London, UK)
  • St.James’ Palace (London, UK)
  • Olympia Hall (Paris, France)
  • Theatre Chatelet (Paris, France)
  • Alte Oper (Frankfurt, Germany)
  • Passion Kirche (Berlin, Germany)
  • Vigady Concert Hall (Budapest, Hungary)
  • Concertgebaw (Amsterdam, Holland)
  • Conservatory G. Verdi (Torino, Italy)
  • Theatre Alterosa (Belohorizonte, Brazil)
  • Savoy Theatre (Helsinki, Finland)
  • Filharmonia Narodowa (Warsaw, Poland)
  • Opera Theatre (Brugge, Belgium)
  • Opera Theatre (Bombay, India)
  • Latvian National Opera (Riga, Latvia)
  • Dzintary Concert Hall (Urmala, Latvia)
  • The Choir Field (Tartu, Estonia)
  • Adelaide Town Hall (Australia)
  • New Fortune Theatre (Perth, Australia)
  • Moscow Kremlin Palace (Moscow, Russia)
  • Tchaikovsky Great Hall & Rachmaninov Hall of Moscow
  • Conservatory (Moscow, Russia)
  • The State Hermitage (St. Petersburg, Russia)
  • The Great and Minor Philharmonic Halls (St.-Petersburg, Russia)
  • The International House of Moscow (Moscow, Russia)

FESTIVALS

  • WOMAD (under auspices of Peter Gabriel; all major events since 1991)
  • “Settembre musica” Conservatory G.Verdi (Torino, Italy, 1994)
  • Edinburg Festival (Edinburg, Scotland, 1998)
  • European Festivals of Yuri Bashmet and Mstislav Rostropovich (Tours, Evian, France, since 1997)
  • “Stars of the White Nights” International Art Festival (St.-Petersburg, Russia)
  • Festival of Perth (West Australia, 1999)
  • New Zealand Festival (2000)
  • Pori-Jazz Festival (Finland 1999)
  • Guelph Spring Festival in Canada (2000)
  • Tartu Jazz Festival (Tartu, Estonia, 2001)
  • Glatt&Verkehrt Festival (Krems, Austria, 2000 and 2006)
  • “Prague Autumn” International Music Festival (2000)
  • “Arts Square” International Winter Festival (St.-Petersburg, Russia, 2001)
  • Cannes Festival (France, 2001)
  • Quebec Festival (Canada, 2002)
  • Kremlin Easter Festival (Moscow, Russia, 2002)
  • Musikfestspiele Saar Festival Russische Musik (Merzig, Germany, 2003)
  • Festival “Nuits Romantiques du Lac du Bourget, Aix-les-Bains, France, 2004)
  • Flanders Festival (Brussels, Belgium, 2004)
  • Israel Festival (Jerusalem, Israel, 2005)
  • Festival of World Cultures (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland 2006)
  • Festival in Nantes “Folles Journees” (Nantes, France, 2007)
  • Festivals in UK, Japan, Finland, Australia, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, USA and South Africa.

At the Edinburg Festival, the Terem-Quartet was named among the best shows of the festival, and was awarded the top 5 stars by the rating of “The Scotsman”.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

  • XIII World Festival of Youth and Students in Pyongyang, N. Korea (1989)
  • Reunion of Germany Anniversary Day (1992)
  • Culture programme of the Olympic Games in Barcelona (1992)
  • Meeting of Pope John Paul II with Families of the World in Vatican (1994)
  • 3000th Anniversary of Jerusalem (1996)
  • Carnival in Venice, Square of St. Marco (1996)
  • Concert to celebrate awarding of the Mediterranean Prize of Peace to the President of Macedonian (1998)
  • St.-James’s Palace in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales (Charles) (1999)
  • Moscow’s International Film Festival (1999, 2000,2001)
  • International EXPO exhibitions (Hannover, Germany, 2000, Prague, Czech Republic, 2000)
  • Festival of Russian Cinema in Cannes (2001)
  • ‘Sozvezdie’ professional film actor awards (Moscow, 2002)
  • ‘Stars at the Kremlin’ Russian Culture Fund television project (with Vladimir Chernov) (2002)
  • The ensemble became the winner of the Gold Book of the Fatherland for outstanding achievements for the good of Russia (2002)
  • ‘St. Petersburg’s 300th anniversary’ exhibition at the Russian Embassy in Berlin (2003)
  • Winners of the Government of St. Petersburg’s 2005 prize for literature, art and architecture for the creation of the Teremok musical development program for children aged 3-8 (2006)
  • One of the Terem’s participants Andrey Konstantinov was included in the list of Russia’s most successful people in the famous international «Who’s Who in Russia» encyclopedia (2006)
  • Named winners of the St. Petersburg Government’s prize for creating the «TeremOK» musical development program for children aged 3-8
  • Concert for government and business groups at the Russian-Singapore forum in Singapore (2006)
  • World Press Forum in Moscow (2006)
  • Concert for the G8 leaders at the summit held in St. Petersburg (2006)
  • Awarded a prize-winner’s certificate by the Fourth Moscow International
  • Festival of Music of Russian Manor-Houses ‘The Noble Seasons’ (2006)
  • Awarded the ‘Petersburg Constellation’ prize-winner’s certificate. Terem-Quartet’s achievement received a deserved mention in the Petersburg Book of Records (as the only chamber ensemble of folk instruments performing classical compositions in their own arrangements). (2006)
  • Honorary diploma from the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly for Terem-Quartet’s outstanding contribution to the development of culture and the arts in St. Petersburg and to mark the ensemble’s 20th birthday (2006)
  • Thanks from President Putin for participating in the concert given to the G8 leaders at the summit in St. Petersburg (2006)
  • Thanks from President Putin for making a major contribution to the musical art. (2006)