The St Petersburg Chamber Players
Iliy Ioff, Michael Appleman, Alexei Ludevig, Alexei Massarsky,
Igor Uryash,
 Tradition
unites the members of the St. Petersburg Chamber Players. All are graduates of, or can
trace their musical education to the world renowned St. Petersburg Conservatoire and their
fundamental repertoire is directly linked to a time and place, to a Conservatoire whose
founders and directors were the very soul of Romantic Russian musical literature:
Rubinstein, Glasunov, Wieniawski and Auer. Their virtuosic technique allied with a
profound sense of lyricism sets this ensemble apart.
Founded in 1991, the current ensemble has been together since 1995, but its origins go
back more than ten years, when Musical Director Alexei Ludevig first began organising and
performing chamber music concerts in his native city of Leningrad. Since then, The St.
Petersburg Chamber Players have performed to popular and critical acclaim throughout the
former Soviet Union, Western Europe, and the United States. The St. Petersburg Chamber
Players are made up of five regular members and perform in combinations from duos to piano
quintets. With the addition of guest artists, they also expand to perform sextets and
octets. Their repertoire includes, in addition to Russian chamber music, works spanning
three centuries
"These musicians from St. Petersburg... personify perfection in
chamber music. Hearing them was extraordinary experience... Chamber music lovers, don't
miss a chance to hear them!" NICE-MATIN
They played with style and a certain aristocratic pedigree: a
concise, exact conception that rendered the music clear and comprehensible. Their
music-making could be best described as "old-fashioned." This is how the great
Russian musicians played a couple of generations ago, mixing bold colours with delicate
washes of refined and sophisticated timbres, creating the depth of a fine painting. The
ensemble was marvellous. the concert had the effect not of making time stand still, but
actually of transporting the audience through time. ARIINSKY THEATRE NEWSPAPER Seid-Zade
Violin
ILYA IOFF is a prize winner of the Viotti Competition ARD Munich
Competition and has been concertmaster of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. A
featured soloist with major orchestras including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Orchestra, Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Zurich Opera Orchestra with conductors such as:
Yuri Temirkanov and Maris Yansons. Performed chamber music with Martha Argerich, Julian
Milkis, Alexander Rudin, Sergei Stadler. He is professor of violin at the St. Petersburg
Conservatory. Studied with Sergei Stadler, Vladimir Ovcharek (leader of the Taneev
Quartet), Elena Komarova.
MICHAEL APPLEMAN made his solo debut at the age of sixteen with the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. He has been concertmaster of the Pasdeloup, Colonne and European Symphony
Orchestras in Paris. Recitals in the United Nations, Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall
in New York, The Purcell Room in London. Performed recitals and chamber music with Yves
Henry, Alexander Paley, Roland Pidoux etc. Born in the United States, he studied with
Russian violinists Misha Mishakoff and Emanuel Borok and graduated from Harvard University
where he studied with composer Ivan Tcherepnin.
Viola
ALEXEI LUDEVIG has been a featured soloist with several major orchestras, including
the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, E. Berlin Radio Orchestra, Novosibirsk
Philharmonic Orchestra etc. Performed chamber music with Michaela Martin, Arto Noras,
Martti Rousi, Alexander Rudin, Sergei Stadler etc. Recitals and chamber music performances
throughout former Soviet Union, United States, Europe and South America. Studied with Yuri
Bashmet, Dmitry Shebalin(of Borodin Quartet), Alexei Ludevig Sr. and Maris Yansons(cond.).
Was principal violist of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
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Cello
ALEXEI MASSARSKY has won Prizes at the Tchaikovsky, Markineukirchen and Belgrade
competitions. Student of Anatoly Nikitin. Soloist with St.Petersburg Philharmonic
Orchestra, Zurich Opera Orchestra and E.Berlin Radio Orchestra. Concerts throughout
Europe, South Korea and Japan. Performed chamber music with Martha Argerich, Zahar Brohn,
Alexander Rudin, Sergei Stadler. He is professor of cello at the St. Petersburg
Conservatory.
Piano
IGOR URYASH has won prizes at several international competitions, including the
Viotti Competition ARD Munich and the Prokofiev Competitions. A sought after performer and
recording artist (Mazur Media, Victor), he is a regular recital partner of Mstislav
Rostropovich and Maxim Vengerov. Studied with Anatoly Ugorsky and Tatiana Kravchenko
St. Petersburg Players on Guild
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