Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (Russian: Никита Аркадьевич Борисоглебский, born 30 September 1985) is a Russian violinist, soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the winner of international music contests.

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky was born in Volgodonsk, Southern Russia. His parents work as chemists. Nikita started training music instruments at the age of six. He took up piano lessons first but then in the Junior Music School No.1 named after Dmitri Shostakovich decided to play violin.

At the age of 14 Boriso-Glebsky graduated to the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory to the violin division by Prof. Eduard Grach and Associate Prof. Tatiana Berkul. When he was studying at the conservatory, he took part in the Keshet Eilon Summer Mastercourses in Israel several times, particularly under the guidance of Ida Haendel and Shlomo Mintz. Furthermore, the young violinist had started playing in the Moscovia Chamber Orchestra and consequently passed all stages up to the concertmaster position.

In 2001 Nikita Boriso-Glebsky became an artist of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. Two years later, aged 18, he turned to perform as a solosit. In 2005 Boriso-Glebsky started postgraduate studies with the research work on the English violin music of XIX-XX centuries. He also took courses outside Russia, particularly by Augustin Dumay in the Queen Elisabeth Chapel^[1] and by Ana Chumachenco in the Kronberg Academy. In Belgium Nikita Boriso-Glebsky was given for perfrorming the violin II Patti by Antonio Stradivari that let him take part in prestigeous contests further.

After Boriso-Glebsky had finished consiously the long period of successful participance in different music competitions, he decided to concentrate on looking for new opportunities in solo career. So, today he gives concerts intensively all over the world.

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky has been presented by the international agency IMG Artists since 2010. He has also released several albums along with other artists via Belgian label Outhere since that time.

• Laureate title, National contest by the New Names Foundation (Moscow, 2000)
• 3rd prize, Yampolsky International Violin Competition (Penza, 2002)
• 1st prize, International Competition for Violin (Kloster Schöntal, 2003)
• Laureate title, Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition (Hannover, 2006)
• 1st prize, International David Oistrakh Violin Competition (Moscow, 2007)
• 2nd prize and five special prizes, International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 2007)
• 5th prize and prize for the best contemporary performance, Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (Brussels, 2009)
• Violinist of the year, International Maya Plisetskaya and Rodion Shchedrin Foundation (2009)
• 3rd prize, Montreal International Music Competition (2010)
• 1st prize, International Fritz Kreisler Competition (Vienna, 2010)
• 1st prize, International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition (Helsinki, 2010)
• Virtuoso title, Italian Strings Academy and Antonio Vivaldi Society (Cremona, 2011)
• Jean Sibelius Medal, Jean Sibelius Foundation (Helsinki, 2011)
• 1st prize, Monte Carlo Violin Masters (Monaco, 2013)

• National Russian Music Competition (Moscow, 2014)
• International Vladimir Spivakov Violin Competition (Ufa, 2016)

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky's repertory is various. He performs compositions by outstanding masters of classical music: Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schubert, Edgar, Brahms etc. Representatives of the XX ceantury whose works are also performed by Boriso-Glebsky are Britten, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Penderecki, Schnittke, Berio, Bartok etc.

Rodion Shchedrin and Alexander Tchaikovsky entrust the soloist with performing their works. Modern composer Kuzma Bodrov wrote four pieces specially for Boriso-Glebsky: Concert for violin and orchestra (2004), Caprice for violin and orchestra (2008), Rhine sonata for violin and piano (2009), Concert for violin and choir in memory of Boris Tevlin (2012).

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky regularly performs in Russia and abroad. Festivals he took part in include Salzburg Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Les Sons Intensifs (Lessines)^[2], Giverny International Chamber Music Festival, Festival de Musique (Menton), PagArt (Pag), Concertando (Rome), December Nights of Sviatoslav Richter (Moscow), Beethovenfest (Bonn), Dubrtovnik Summer Festival, Stars of the White Nights Festival (St. Petersburg), Music of the Earth (St. Petersburg), Arts Square Festival (St. Petersburg), Crescendo (Pskov), La Folle Journée (Yekaterinburg)^[3][4].

Nikita Boriso-Glebsky performs with proclaimed orchestras: Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orhestra, Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra,National Orchestra of Belgium, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra , Beijing Symphony Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Pomeriggi Musicali (Milan), Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra etc^[3][4].

Boriso-Glebsky also collaborates with world famous conductors including Valery Gergiev, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Yuri Simonov, Alexander Vedernikov, Mikhail Yurovski, Dmitri Liss, Valentin Uryupin, Eri Klass, Conrad van Alphen, Hannu Lintu, Gilbert Varga, Sakari Oramo, Okko Kamu, David Afkham, Krzhysztof Penderecki, Jon Stodgards, Giordano Bellincampi,  Lionel Bringuier,  Gábor Takács-Nagy etc^[3][4].

Besides, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky shares a stage with outstanding musicians: Rodion Shchedrin, Natalia Gutman, Boris Berezovsky, András Schiff, Jean-Philippe Collard, David Geringas, Yuri Bashmet, Alexander Rudin, Augustin Dumay, Gidon Kremer, Lovro Pogorelich, Vyacheslav Novilov, Alexander Ghindin etc^[3][4].

In 2014 Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Solenne Païdassi, Dana Zemstov, David Cohen, Uxía Martínez Botana, Andreas Hering founded the Rubik Ensemble. The name's concept is following: six edges and colors of the popular puzzle invented by Ernő Rubik symbolize uniqueness created by each member of the ensemble and, at the same time, by creative combinations they form together^[5].

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