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Andrey Rubtsov was born in Moscow in 1982. In 2005 he graduated
with honors from Moscow State Conservatory in oboe performance and
continues his studies there in conducting.
Andrey has been a laureate of many international youth competitions,
and has been awarded scholarships by "New Names" fund
and several other arts organizations.
As a soloist Andrey has performed with Russian National Orchestra,
the Bolshoi Theatre orchestra, Moscow Symphonic Orchestra, Moscow
Philharmonic,
"Musica Viva" and others. His concerts took place in different
Russian cities, England, Scotland, Italy, USA, Singapore and Germany.
In 2001 he was invited to join the oboe section of the Russian
National Orchestra under Mikhail Plentev as associate principal,
the youngest artist to be asked to fill a position in the history
of RNO.
The same year he became a founding member of the RNO Wind Quintet
- now the leading Russian wind ensemble, regularly touring different
countries such as Spain, USA, Great Britain, Singapore and Malaysia.
RNO Wind Quintet is the 1st prize winner of the 5th Osaka International
Chamber Music Competition (May 2005).
Andrey is a participant of Pacific Music Festival 2001 (Sapporo,
Japan) and UBS Verbier Festival Youth Orchestra - 2002, 2003 (Verbier,
Switzerland, Artistic Director - James Levine).
As a composer, Andrey Rubtsov's works include Divertimento for
flute and strings, Quartet for horns, "Three Moods" for
woodwind quintet, Sonata for piano, Waltz for piano quintet, Piece
for four flutes, several romances, and other works. His pieces were
performed in Russia, Ukraine, China, USA, Switzerland, Spain, Lithuania,
England, Bulgaria, Singapore, Malaysia and Bermuda. Andrey has performed
his Oboe concerto with Russian National Orchestra.
Press quotes:
"Program in Saratov has been opened by the world
premiere of Elegy in memory of Pavel Khlebnikov by Andrey Rubtsov
- composition marked with poetry and inspiration and reveales appropriate
continuity with national classic."
("Kultura" #20, 2006)
"The wonderfully languid oboe tone of Andrey
Rubtsov captured the music's tragic poignancy."
("Music and Vision", 29-01-2004)
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"A good oboist is a keystone to success of every
concert. In case of Andrey the orchestra found not only a brilliant
oboist but also a great organizer - Andrey leads the RNO Chamber
ensemble."
(Vogue Russia, №2 2005)
"Perhaps the only really outstanding moment
proved to be the oboe solo (Bravo, Andrey Rubtsov!) from the box
of a distant amphitheatre."
("Nezavisimaya gazeta", 11-02-2003)
"From time to time Mikhail Vasilievich appears
to forget about the orchestra, but that was only an illusion - piano
and the accompaniment felt each other so deeply that sounded really
like a single instrument. Last season Pletnev has performed Mozart's
concerto conducting right from his piano seat, this time conductor's
stand was given to Andrey Rubtsov."
("Gazeta", 23.09.2004)
(From James Levine's interview
to "Kultura" newspaper, #4, 2003.)
"- There are a lot of musicians
from Russia in Verbier Festival Orchestra. What's so interesting
about them for You?
- Everything! They are tremendous:
passionate playing and good skills. I feel a creative ability and
an enthusiasm. There are 12 musicians from Russia in our orchestra.
One of them, Andrey Rubtsov, is not only an oboist but also a composer.
Specially for him I've invited soloist from MET as a coach, they
are both so young."
Visit also:
Andrey's
page at Russian National Orchestra website
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