Alexander Israilevich Rudin (born 1960) is a Russian classical cellist and conductor.

Biography and career

Rudin was born in 1960, in Moscow, and he studied piano and cello at the Gnessin Institute before later studying conducting at the Moscow Conservatory with Dmitri Kitayenko. He has won prizes in many international competitions, and has performed as a solo cellist with such orchestras as the

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, the

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and the

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. His interest in authentic performance practice has led him to play

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and baroque music on both the cello and viola da gamba, in an "historically correct" manner. As conductor, Rudin works with student orchestras, and has been the director of the Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra since 1988. He is a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, where he teaches chamber music, and gives master classes all around the world. He also teaches at Yaşar University, Izmir, Turkey where he is entitled as the music director. Rudin has recorded many CDs for the

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and

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record labels, including works by

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, Grieg,

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, and others.

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Biography

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rudin, Alexander 1960 births Living people Musicians from Moscow Russian classical cellists 21st-century Russian conductors (music) Russian male conductors (music) 21st-century Russian male musicians 21st-century cellists