Valery Klimov is a well-known musician, violinist, multiple winner of prestigious competitions. The performer was awarded the title of Honored and People's Artist of the RSFSR, and is also a People's Artist of the USSR.
Valery Aleksandrovich Klimov was born in 1931, October 16, in Kiev. His father was a renowned conductor. From an early age, the boy demonstrated a talent for music. The first lessons were given to his son by Alexander Ignatievich.
The path to the musical Olympus
From the age of seven, Valery entered a special school in Odessa for musically gifted children. The secrets of masterly mastering the instrument were revealed to the young virtuoso. He studied with Peter Stolyarsky, an outstanding teacher and professor.
Education was interrupted with the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Together with his parents, the boy managed to leave for evacuation shortly before the occupation of the city in Dushanbe. After their release, the Klimovs returned to Odessa.
In the post-war period, Professor Mordkovich became Valery's teacher. In 1951 Valery finished school. He entered the State Kiev Conservatory.
Two years later, the young violinist moved to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. He got into the class of world-famous musician David Oistrakh. In 1956, under his leadership, Klimov completed his education and in 1959 completed his postgraduate studies.
Even during his student days, success came to the performer. He became the winner of the violin competition at the Third World Youth and Student Berlin Festival in 1955, laureate of the International Paris Competition.
At the Prague Spring, the Joseph Slavik Violin Tournament, in 1956 he won first prize. Valeriy also became the first at the Frantisek Ondrizechek tournament in Prague.
Features of execution
Since 1957, Klimov has been a soloist at the Moscow Philharmonic. In 1958 he became world famous for winning the first International Tchaikovsky Competition. His talent was noted by Aram Khachaturyan, who was included in the international jury.
In the performing manner of the virtuoso, there is an extraordinary charm along with sincere sincerity. The sound of his violin is always colored with lyric notes.
This evokes an emotional response from all listeners without exception. Therefore, Valery Alexandrovich brilliantly succeeds in the melodious works of Tchaikovsky with his Russian character of sound.
In the violinist's playing, poetry enters into unity with aristocratic nobility, clarity of style and amazing purity. This provides an original author's interpretation of classical works.
In the performer's approach to large-scale creations, especially the replacement is the scale of the violinist's artistic thinking. The works of Handel, Frank, Bach, Mozart, Leclair play a significant role in his content programs.
He is amazingly virtuoso playing concertos for violin by Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Lalo. Each interpretation of Klimov is filled with deep artistic conviction, striking logical development of musical thought.
Worldwide recognition
At the same time, the virtuoso willingly performs musical miniatures. In them, Valery Aleksandrovich demonstrates the most effective techniques of virtuoso violin control. With brilliant skill, he plays the compositions of Paganini, the Spanish dance Sarasate, the Hungarian dance of Brahms.
The musician's repertoire is wide. One of the most important places in it is assigned to the music of contemporaries. Klimov especially loves to refer to the work of Prokofiev. He interprets Hindemith's and Izaya's sonatas in an author's way. Since 1958, the virtuoso has traveled with concerts to many cities of the country, visited its borders.
He was applauded by the audience of the United States, Zealand, Cuba, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Monaco, Great Britain, Turkey, Sweden. He played at world famous venues: the Great Hall of the Metropolitan Conservatory, New York Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, London Albert Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Sydney Opera House.
In addition to solo concerts, the musician often performs with well-known symphony groups. He played with the Leningrad Mravinsky Orchestra. State orchestras of their country, London, Berlin, Amsterdam "Concertgebouw".
Over the years of his creative activity, Klimov has recorded many discs for the famous companies Melodiya, Chang du Monde, Ariola, EMI Elektrola, Supraphon, Toshiba, Angel Records.
Teaching
Concert creativity was successfully combined with teaching at the Moscow Conservatory. In it, the musician took the post of head of the violin department after the death of his teacher David Oistrakh in 1974.
In 1984 Valery Alexandrovich was invited to the Higher School in German Saarbrücken as a professor in the violin class. The renowned performer's students include many laureates of the most prestigious competitions, famous soloists, accompanists.
Many times the famous violinist was a member of the jury of the Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Paganini, Sibelius Competition. In 1962 Valery Aleksandrovich was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Since 1971, he became People's Artist of the RSFSR, and since 1989, People's Artist of the USSR.
The personal life of the performer also developed successfully. He is married. His wife Raisa Mikhailovna, a singer, gave him a daughter, Tatyana, in 1961. She became a pianist.
The renowned musician loves to devote his free time to sports. He enjoys swimming, plays tennis, is fond of chess.
The famous virtuoso lives and works in Saarbrücken. Klimovs love motorsport, bicycle. The famous virtuoso likes to read and draw.
