Alexander Sitkovetsky
violin
Born in Moscow, Alexander comes from a family with a well-established musical tradition. At the age of eight, he made his concerto debut, and the same year, he moved to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School where he is now an Associate Artist. He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music in London and later at the Kronberg Academy in Germany. Both as a soloist, a director, and a chamber musician, he has received several awards, including the 1 st prize at the 2011 Trio di Trieste Duo Competition, performing with pianist Wu Qian with whom he regularly performs.
Previous prominent concerto performances include appearances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Camerata Zürich, Australian Chamber Orchestra , Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Alexander is a founding member of the award-winning Sitkovetsky Trio with whom he has performed worldwide. The Trio won the BBC Music Magazine award for Chamber Music in 2022. He is also a permanent member of the Julia Fischer String Quartet. As a chamber musician, he has performed at Verbier Festival, Storioni Festival, Stavanger Festival, Music for Galway, and Schubertiade Festival.
Alexander plays the 1679 ‘Parera’ Antonio Stradivari violin, kindly loaned to him through the Beare’s International Violin Society by a generous sponsor
