Vladimir Pavlovich Perlin (; born 1 March 1942) is a

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Biography

Vladimir Perlin was born in Frunze to ''Berta Borisovna Fidlon'' and ''Pavel Grigorievich Perlin'', who had escaped from

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his family moved to

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. At the age of 7 he began to study cello at the music school of

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. He graduated from the class of Professor Aleksander Piatigorsky (Stogorsky)Alisa Krasovskay
„To teach for him is like to breath“
'' Sovetskaya Belorussia'', Minsk, 15 December 2015 (the brother of the renowned cellist

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in 1965 having won the national music competition. From 1971 he has been upbringing young musicians in Republican Music College of Belarus (RMC) and later in 1984 took up a professorship of Cello in the

, a position he holds to this day.Елена Дайнеко.“Владимир Перлин: Я счастлив видеть, когда кто-то делает что-то лучше, чем я”, ''

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'', Minsk, 3 May 1999 Many of his talented cello pupils have been winners of international competitions as well as being soloists and orchestral cellists in many countries. His masterclasses taking places in Belgium, Holland, Germany, France, USA and Russia. In 2018 he was invited as a cello pedagogue i
Musica Mundi School
for professional music education in

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. In 2003 for his significant contribution to music education, Perlin was appointed an Officier de l'Odre des Palmes Académiques de la

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. He was the first Belarusian to receive this title. Aside from his teaching duties, since 1988 Vladimir Perlin is Founder, artistic director and chief conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of young musicians in RMC, which he regularly leads on tours around the world.„Belarusian Music Comes to Brussels“

Brussels Express
', 7 September 2017 Perlin is also frequently invited to serve as a jury member of international cello competitions.

Films

Two full length documentary films were made about Vladimir Perlin and his students and were broadcast in different countries: *“Every Sound Finds Its Echo On The Earth…” by Mikhail Zhdanovsky (Belarusian Videocentre, 1995), which became the winner of the National Cinema Festival. *“Une autre vie” by Dominique Pernoo (France, 1999)
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Honours and awards

Republic of Belarus Honored Artist of Republic of Belarus (1992)

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(2012) Foreign Officier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (2003)
Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2013)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perlin, Vladimir 1942 births Living people Soviet cellists Belarusian conductors (music) Academic staff of the Belarusian State Academy of Music Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century cellists