Michelle Obama wisely said, “You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one ...

Prolific violinist, conductor, creator, transcriber, and recording artist Dmitry Sitkovetsky is recognized throughout the world as having made a considerable impact on every aspect of musical life.

YEREVAN, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS. Headed by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Sergey Smbatyan the State Youth Orchestra is going to perform jointly with world-known violinist, conductor Dmitry ...

Though the concert world overflows with violinists who can turn a silken phrase, players such as Dmitry Sitkovetsky remain in short supply. The Soviet-born musician, who played a forceful recital ...

Bach: Goldberg Variations, transcription for strings by Dmitry Sitkovetsky New European Strings Chamber Orchestra, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor and violinist (Nonesuch). Having recorded his ...

Bach's "Goldberg" Variations, according to a highly suspect biographical account, were written for use in lulling an insomniac nobleman to sleep. After hearing the string players of the San Francisco ...

Recent notable alumni of The Purcell School include BBC Young Musician of the Year 2014 pianist Martin James Bartlett, Royal Harpist Anne Denholm, GRAMMY-winning artist Jacob Collier, and ...

Violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky created a version of Bach's Goldberg Variations for solo violin and strings. We feature the theme, and Variation No. 17. This music by Bach opens a whole hour of music in ...

All year long, orchestral musicians and conductors devote themselves to the standard symphonies and concertos that form the mainstay of the repertoire. Then comes New Year's Eve and they're expected ...

Some 28 years ago, when violinist Dmitry Sitkovetsky made a transcription of Bach's Goldberg Variations for string trio, it provoked some eyebrow-raising. After all, as the Azerbaijan-born violinist ...