ALEKSEY IGUDESMAN
Aleksey Igudesman is known as a violinist but has also established himself as a composer, conductor, actor and filmmaker. Aleksey Igudesman was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and was accepted to the prestigious "Yehudi Menuhin School" in England at the age of 12. He then studied violin with Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory.
His compositions are published by Universal Edition and have been performed worldwide by soloists, ensembles and orchestras. Igudesman has worked closely with Academy Award winning film composer Hans Zimmer on numerous movies, such as "Sherlock Holmes" which was nominated for the Oscar for the Best Original Score. He has directed, produced and starred in the feature length humorous documentary "Noseland”, featuring Julian Rachlin, John Malkovich and Sir Roger Moore. Together with the pianist Hyung-ki Joo, he appears as IGUDESMAN & JOO. Excerpts of those shows have been watched on YouTube over 45 million times. Aleksey Igudesman plays a Santo Serafin 1717 violin, kindly loaned to him by ERSTE BANK. His strings of choice are "Peter Infeld" by Thomastik Infeld.
