At Spivey,

Repin, along with pianist Boris Berezovsky, will play Guiseppe Tartini's

Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 6 ("Devil's Trill"), Sergei Prokofiev's

Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80, Edvard Grieg's Sonata No. 2 in

G major, Op. 13, Ernest Chausson's Poème, Op. 25, and Maurice Ravel's

Tzigane: rapsodie de concert.

Born in Siberia

(in the same town that produced that other great, young Russian violinist,

Maxim Vengerov), Repin shot to stardom when, at age 17, he won the Reine

Elisabeth Concours, the most demanding and prestigious violin competition

in the world. He has since performed with the world's great orchestras

and conductors, earning lavish praise at nearly every stop. The Berlin

Tagesspiegel dubbed him "The greatest living violinist," for

instance, while The Chicago Tribune was bit more restrained, merely praising

his "magisterial technique and finely nuanced palette." The

Miami Herald characterized one concert as a "boldly sculptured, scrupulously

clean, perfectly proportioned performance played with piercingly beautiful

tone, bull's-eye intonation and an easy dexterity."

A strong advocate

of new music, Repin has received accolades for his recent performances

of John Adams' Violin Concerto with the Chicago and San Francisco Symphonies.

An avid chamber musician, as well, Mr. Repin collaborates with such performers

as Boris Berezovsky, Alexander Melnikov, Martha Argerich, Yuri Bashmet,

Mischa Maisky, and Mikhail Pletnev. He will undertake major chamber music

projects in London, Paris, Brussels, Vienna, and Tokyo this season.

He performs

on the Stradivarius "Ruby" 1708, by kind permission of the Stradivarius

Society of Chicago.

Vadim Repin

performs at Clayton State's Spivey Hall on Friday, Jan. 24, 2003 at 8:15

p.m. Tickets for this performance are $25. To purchase tickets, phone

the Spivey Hall Ticket Office at 770-961-3683.

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