Valeriy Sokolov

In ever-increasing demand for his astonishingly mature interpretations of some of the most difficult works in the violin repertoire, Valeriy Sokolov’s 2010/11 season includes debuts with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and the China National Symphony Orchestra (for the New Year’s Concerts at the NCPA Beijing). He also makes return visits to the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Orchestre National de France, the Hallé, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege and the Orchestra of Opera North; and gives recitals at the Verbier, Al Bustan and Menuhin (Gstaad) Festivals, as well as at the Essen Philharmonie and the Teatro Olimpico in Rome.

His first concerto recording for EMI (concertos by Bartok and Tchaikovsky with David Zinman and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich) is due for release in March 2011. He can already be heard in Enescu’s Third Sonata (also on EMI with pianist Svetlana Kosenko) and in a DVD of the Sibelius Concerto with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Vladimir Ashkenazy (on Idéale Audience). Bruno Monsaingeon’s film “un violon dans l’âme / Natural Born Fiddler”, a record of Valeriy’s recital in Toulouse in 2004, received much praise from the critics and continues to be frequently broadcast on ARTE TV.