Igor Gavrish (also ''Gavris'' or ''Gavrysh''; born 1945) is a Russian cellist and Professor of

Cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

at the Moscow Conservatory. He was the winner of the 1968

Pablo Casals Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan: ; 29 December 187622 October 1973), usually known in English by his Castilian Spanish name Pablo Casals,

Cello Competition at the Budapest International Competition, and of the International Tchaikovsky competition (1970).

Biography

His first teacher was E. Khomitser. In 1963 he graduated from the Central music school (the class of Sviatoslav Knushevitsky). Then he continued his studies at the

Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

(graduated with honors in 1968) and in the postgraduate course in the class of Galina Kozolupova. At this moment he is teaching at the Moscow Conservatory and Central Music School.

Discography

*''10th International Music Competition Budapest, 1968: Cello Competition'' - String Quartet Competition - Viola Competition *''Adagio for cello and piano'' / Kodály: Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967. Praga/Le Chant du Monde; Harmonia Mundi, distribution; 1995 *''Igor Gavrish: Brahms, Beethoven, Reger: Works for Cello and Piano'', 1997 *''Musique de chambre'' / Kodály: Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967. Sonatas, violoncello, op. 8; Kodály, Zoltán, 1882-1967. Duet, violin, violoncello, op. 7. Praga/Le Chant du Monde; Harmonia Mundi, distribution; 2004

References

External links

Budapest International Competition
Russian cellists 1945 births Living people Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory {{Cellist-stub