Edvin Marton
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist of Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
ethnicity. He became known as the violinist of the skaters, mainly because Evgeni Plushenko
Evgeni Plushenko
Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics Gold Medalist, 2002 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist, and 2010 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist, three-time World Champion, six-time European Champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion and an eight-time...
, Stéphane Lambiel
Stéphane Lambiel
Stéphane Lambiel is a Swiss figure skater and a choreographer. He is a two-time World Champion, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Champion and a nine-time Swiss national champion...
, and other famous skaters often skated to his music.
Biography
He was born in an area of Ukraine largely inhabited by ethnic Hungarians. He was born into a musical family and at age of five was already learning the violin from his parents. He was eight when accepted into that alma mater for the most talented musicians of the Soviet Union, the Central Tchaikowsky Music School in MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
for Prof. Leo Lundstrem.
He continued his studies with Eugenia Tchougaeva. He gave his first important concert at the age of twelve, with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. At the age of seventeen he became a student at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, in the class of Géza Kapás. He took part in a masterclass given by Ruggiero Ricci, where he won the prize for the best participant, and he was also the Grant Prize winner of the International Course Competition in Berlin invited by Ruggiero Ricci too. Since 1993 he has been a "young soloist" for the National Philharmonic Concert Agency in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
.
He has performed with almost all the main Hungarian orchestras, and given concerts in Austria
Austria
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, Italy
Italy
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, Germany
Germany
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and Switzerland
Switzerland
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. In May 1994 the internationally famous Dorothy Delay invited him to the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado where he gave a concert with Rohan de Silva. In New York he won a scholarship and was admitted to the class of Dorothy Delay at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
of Music.
His studies in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
at the Juilliard School of Music brought professional contacts which meant changes in his musical style. Here, in one of the most revered classical music environments of Juilliard, he mingled with DJ's and jumped from high level classical to what is referred today as crossover.
Still in his 20s, Marton had traveled to more than 30 countries, and played in such renowned concert halls as the Berliner Philharmonie and Vienna's Koncerthaus. But he was looking for a change. A former classmate said of him, "After he graduated from the music academy the talented, jovial and rotund Lajos disappeared, only to return as a slim, easy listening, music playing Edvin Marton."
He won his chance to play on a donated Stradivarius
Stradivarius
The name Stradivarius is associated with violins built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari. According to their reputation, the quality of their sound has defied attempts to explain or reproduce, though this belief is controversial...
at a competition at the Orford Arts Centre in Canada in 1996, under the artistic direction of Yuli Turovsky. The echeloned violin was lent to him for his life by a Swiss Bank. "The violin I'm using is from 1697, it's a Stradivarius and was actually played by Paganini over 300 years ago. I won the chance to play it when I won a competition in Montreal in 1996, and now it's in Belgrade with us."
Education
- In 1983 Tchaikovsky Academy, MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
for Prof. Leo Lundstrem - in 1991 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Zeneakadémiahttp://www.lfze.hu/hp/nyitolap/index.html), BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
- In 1994 Juilliard School of Music in New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
- In 1995 graduating at Music Academy in ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
Awards
- 2006 Emmy Award winner in America for Best Composition, for song "Romeo and Juliet" performed for over 300 million television viewers as part of the 2006 Torino Olympic Winter Games, during Russian Gold Medal Men's Figure Skater Evgeny Plushenko's routine
- 2008 Eurovision Song Contest — featured performer and co-writer of Dima BilanDima Bilan' is a Russian actor and pop singer . Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Never Let You Go", finishing second, and he won the contest in 2008 in Belgrade, with the song "Believe". He has had several Russian no. 1 hits....
's winning song "BelieveBelieve (Dima Bilan song)"Believe" is the winning Russian entry for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest sung by Dima Bilan. The song was composed and written by Jim Beanz & Dima Bilan. On 20 May 2008 Bilan sang in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, and the song was voted into the final by public vote...
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1996 Sarasate
- Eight Spanish Dances: Malagueña Op.21 No 1.
- Habanera
- Romanza andaluza
- Jota Navarra
- Playera
- Zapateado
- Spanish Dance
- Spanish Dance
- Caprice Basque: Moderato
- Allegro moderato
- Zigeunerweisen: Moderato. Lento
- Un poco piú lento
- Allegro molto vivace
- Concert Fantasy on Carmen: Introduction. Allegro moderato
- Moderato
- Lento assai
- Alegro moderato
- Moderato
2001 Strings 'N' BeatsStrings 'N' BeatsStrings 'N' Beats is the second album of the Hungarian violinist, Edvin Marton, who is also known as the "Violinist of Skaters" as he has played for famous Ice-Skaters such as Evgeni Plushenko.-Track listing:# King Of The Forest# Miss You# Bitter Sweet Symphony# Una furtiva lagrima# Magic...
- King Of The Forest
- Miss You
- Bitter Sweet Symphony
- Una furtiva lagrimaUna furtiva lagrimaUna furtiva lagrima is the romanza taken from Act II, Scene VIII of the Italian opera, L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti. It is sung by Nemorino when he finds that the love potion he bought to win his dream lady’s heart, Adina, works.Nemorino is in love with Adina, but she isn't interested in...
- Magic Stradivarius
- Birdman /Romanian Folk Song
- Secret Emotions
- Fire Dance
- Gloomy Sunday
- First Date
- Wind Of Spring
- Panis Angelicus
- Spaces Of Freedom
- Sarabande
- Art On Ice
2004 Virtuoso
- Gypsy Dance
- Beethoven 5
- Love Story
- Hibi-Haba
- Aura
- Guitarra Latino
- Romeo and Juliet
- Irish
- Hungarian Rhapsody
- India
- Virtuoso
- Dark Angel
- Oda of Joy
- Carmina Burana
2006 Stradivarius
- Tosca Fantasy
- Vivaldi Spring
- Rio Carneval
- Badinerie
- Romeo and Juliet
- Dramatico
- My Love is Deep
- Bellydance
- Love in Venice
- Tchaikovsky Remix
- Ibiza
- C'est la Vie- Instrumental Version
- Ice Symphony
- O Sole Mio
- Crazy Violin
- Hungarian Rhapsody No.6
- Fireworks
- Paganini
- Bonus- C'est la Vie feat. Lou BegaLou BegaDavid Lubega , also known as Lou Bega, is a German musician of Italian and Ugandan descent, and is famous for his song "Mambo No. 5 ". This song is a remake of the Perez Prado instrumental from 1949...
2010 Hollywood
- Titanic
- Tango Amore
- Concierto de Aranjuez
- Evita
- Gladiator
- Mask of Zorro
- Batman
- Zorba the Greek
- Chopin
- White Angel
- Victory
- Memory
- Loving You
- Feelings
- Godfather