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

Biography and career

Rudin was born in 1960, in

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, and he studied piano and cello at the Gnessin Institute before later studying conducting at the

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with Dmitri Kitayenko. He has won prizes in many international competitions, and has performed as a solo cellist with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony and the Danish Radio Orchestra. His interest in authentic performance practice has led him to play

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and

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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 Hyperion, Fuga Libera and

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record labels, including works by Bach,

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, Prokofiev, Strauss, and others.

Awards

* Order of Friendship (2020) *

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation ...

(2001) * Medal "For Labour Distinction" * State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art (2003)

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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 Moscow Conservatory alumni