Yury Revich is a Russian violinist, born in Moscow on August 28, 1991. He began studying the violin at age five and entered the Central Music School at the Moscow State Conservatory at seven, where he studied with Galina Turchaninova. From 2005 to 2009, he studied with Viktor Pikayzen. In 2009, he began studying at the Vienna Conservatory with Pavel Vernikov and also studied in Moscow with Vladimir Vorona.
Revich made his orchestral debut at age 11 with Finland’s Ristavesi Symphony Orchestra, performing Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 2. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in New York in May 2009, followed by debuts at La Scala, the Musikverein in Vienna and the Tonhalle in Zurich. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Zurich Tonhalle, Teatro alla Scala, Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio and the Moscow Conservatory’s concert halls.
His orchestral engagements have included performances with the Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev, the Moscow Soloists under Yuri Bashmet, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also performed with chamber musicians including Liana Isakadze, Boris Brovtsyn, Mischa Maisky, Daniil Trifonov and Renaud Capuçon. Revich has appeared at festivals including the Verbier Festival, the Radio France Festival in Montpellier, the Gstaad Festival and the Bergen International Festival.
Revich has recorded solo albums for ARS, Sony Classical, Odradek Records and OnePoint.fm; his recordings for ARS include Russian music. His honors include the ECHO Klassik Young Artist of the Year award in 2016 and the International Classical Music Awards Young Artist of the Year award in 2015. He has also received first prize from the Guizik Foundation and has been a scholarship recipient of the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation. In Vienna, he founded the concert series Friday Nights with Yury Revich. He currently plays a 1709 Antonio Stradivari violin loaned by the Go family collection in Singapore.
Organizations
- Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory
- State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia
- La Scala
- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
- Russian National Orchestra
- Carnegie Hall
- Central Music School – Academy of Performing Arts
- Moscow Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra
- Moscow International House of Music