Albert Markov

Albert Markov (Russian: Альберт Александрович Марков), is a Russian American violinist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue. He is the only concert violinist of the 20th and 21st century who composed major music works which are published, performed and recorded commercially on Sunrise label and published by G. Schirmer. During the time of the Soviet Union he was known as a prominent Soviet classical music artist. Albert Markov began his career as a concert violinist in Russia before immigrating to the United States in 1975.

Biography Albert Markov was born in 1933 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He studied violin under Piotr Stolyarsky, Yuri Yankelevich, and Adolf Lechinsky (student of Carl Flesch), and composition under Aram Khachaturian. He was a widely praised Soviet artist.

Markov immigrated to the United States in 1975. His US debut came in 1976 with the Houston Symphony to critical acclaim. The New York Times wrote: “The audience roared approval, coming to its feet for three standing ovations, Mr. Markov wowed them with dazzling pyrotechnics.”

Personal life His son, Alexander Markov, was a prizewinner at the 1982 Paganini Competition in Genoa, Italy and is also a recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant. His wife Marina Markov is also a violinist who has played with the New York City Opera and the Bolshoi orchestra.

Selected Compositions System Of Violin Playing Violin Concerto, "Chinese"for violin and orchestra "Formosa" Suite for violin and orchestra "Queen Esther" little opera "Carnevale di Venezia" Rhapsody (after N.Paganini) for violin and orchestra "Spartacus" Rhapsody (after A.Khachaturian) for violin and orchestra "Porgy" Rhapsody (after G.Gershwin) for violin and orchestra "Swan Lake" Rhapsody (after P.I.Tchaykovsky) for violin and orchestra "Korean "Rhapsody" for violin and orchestra "Queen Esther" Rhapsody (after A.Markov's opera) for violin and orchestra Symphony "Kinnor David"