Alexander Vavilov

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Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Alexander Vavilov began his musical studies as a violinist at the age of eight. After studying the violin for seven years he decided to pursue his musical career as a violist continuing his education as a full scholarship student at the Kiev Glier College of Music. While pursuing his degree Alexander won diplomas at the National Viola Competition in Lviv, Ukraine in 1999, and the New Names of Ukraine National Music Competition in Kiev, Ukraine in 2000. He was also a participant at the European String Teachers’ Association‘s International Congress and Workshops in Odessa, Ukraine in 2000. After graduating from the college with honors he received a full scholarship to attend the Boston Conservatory of Music as a student of Patricia McCarty.

In 2005 Alexander Vavilov graduated from the Boston Conservatory Magna Cum Laude with the Bachelor‘s Degree in Music and earned his Master‘s degree at the same institution in 2007. In 2003 he had the honor of participating in the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s “Concert for the Cure”, a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Society, led by internationally acclaimed conductor David Zinman. In the summer of 2006 he attended the prestigious Sarasota Music Festival where he won the opportunity to perform Tchaikovsky‘s Souvenir de Florence with distinguished faculty artists James Buswell, Barbara Westphal and Ronald Leonard. This performance was hailed by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune as a “performance of enormous energy and rich tone”. In 2005 Alexander was a fellow at the highly selective Tanglewood Music Center where he played under the batons of James Levine, Kurt Mazur, Rafael Fruhbek de Burgos, Seiji Ozawa and others. The same year he, along with four other students, was selected to perform Schubert‘s Trout quintet D.667 for the production of the Boston Conservatory‘s Dance Tribute to Murray Louis at the Hunter College, NY. He was also one of the five violists to become finalists at the American String Teacher’s Association national string players’ competition in Dallas, Texas 2004 and a First Prize Winner of the Massachusetts state ASTA string players’ competition in Boston 2003. Alexander continued his studies at the prestigious New England Conservatory, as a student of a distinguished viola soloist and teacher Kim Kashkashian, where he won the 2009 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award – an opportunity to join the Borromeo String Quartet as a second violist for a performance of a Brahms String Quintet op.88 in Jordan Hall.

A versatile solo and chamber musician, Alexander also performed for the concert series at the Boston Public Library, Lifetime Learning in Newton, Boston New Music Initiative, Natick Center for the Arts and Fox Hill Village young artist concert series. In addition to Sarasota and Tanglewood he also participated in Meadowmount Summer School of Music, Bowdoin Summer Music Camp, Triple Helix chamber workshop and the Lydian String Quartet summer workshop. He also won the Boston Conservatory string honors competition in spring 2006 as well as chamber honors competition in both spring and fall of the same year. In the summer of 2008 he joined the faculty of Point Counterpoint Music Camp where he enjoys teaching and coaching chamber music as well as participating in up to four faculty chamber concerts per summer.

Alexander is currently a principal of the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and performs regularly with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Portland Maine Symphony and Plymouth Philharmonic. Other orchestra experiences include Boston Ballet, Kalistos Chamber Orchestra, Indian Hill Symphony, Worcester Collegium as well as Boston Philharmonic Orchestra as a member of which he performed in Boston Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall, NY in February 2004. Alexander also serves as a violin and viola faculty at Indian Hill Music School and Winchester Community Music School.