Maxim Fedotov is a Soviet and Russian violinist and conductor, born on 24 July 1961 in Leningrad, USSR. He is the son of conductor, People’s Artist of Russia, and professor Viktor Andreyevich Fedotov. Fedotov became known as a prize-winner of major violin and chamber music competitions and later combined careers as a solo violinist, conductor, and teacher.
Among his early distinctions were prizes at the All-Union Violin Competition in Riga in 1981, the Paganini International Competition in Genoa in 1982, and the G. Viotti International Chamber Ensemble Competition in Vercelli in 1984. In 1986 he won first prize, the Gold Medal, and all special prizes at a violin competition in Tokyo, and he was also a prize-winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, receiving the Silver Medal.
Fedotov has performed both as a violin soloist and as a conductor with leading Russian and foreign orchestras. He was the first violinist to give an open solo concert on two violins that had belonged to Niccolò Paganini, in Saint Petersburg in 2003.
In his conducting career, he served as chief conductor of the Russian Symphony Orchestra from 2003 to 2005. He then became artistic director and chief conductor of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra “Russian Philharmonia,” holding that position from 2006 until December 2010.
Alongside his performing career, Fedotov has been active in musical education. He has been a professor at the Moscow Conservatory since 1987, and from 2003 to 2008 he was professor and head of the violin and viola department at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music.
Fedotov was named Honored Artist of the Russian Federation in 1995 and People’s Artist of the Russian Federation in 2002. The duo of Maxim Fedotov and pianist Galina Petrova, his wife and regular concert partner, received the Moscow Prize in 2003. In 2006 he also received a commendation from the Minister of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation for his contribution to the development of Soviet musical culture.
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