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Sergey Ostrovsky, violin
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Born in 1975 in Nizhny Novgorod to a family of musicians, Sergey Ostrovsky has built an active and prolific career, serving as First Violinist of the Aviv Quartet; a solo violinist; conductor; Professor of Chamber Music at the Neuchatel Branch of the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève; First Concertmaster of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Genève; and First Concertmaster of the Orchestre de la Palau des les Arts de Comunidad Valenciana in Spain.
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Having founded the Aviv String Quartet in 1997, Ostrovsky won several top prizes at International Competitions as the quartet’s First Violinist, such as the Third Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, Bordeaux String Quartet Competition (2003), Prague Spring Competition, “Schubert and Modernity” Competition in Graz, Austria and others.
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He appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and many others, collaborating with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Yoel Levi, Hugh Wolff, Bernard Guller, Uriel Segal and others.
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As a member of the Aviv Quartet, Ostrovsky has performed at the most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress in Washington, Sydney Opera House, Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London, Auditorium de Louvre and Theatre du Chatelet in Paris and numerous others. The quartet has participated in central festivals, including Verbier and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and has recorded works by Hoffmeister, Schulhoff and Dohnanyi for Naxos and by Shostakovich for Dalia Classics. Across a successful career spanning over 20 years the group has acquired a reputation as one of the leading active string quartets on the global stage.
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As a soloist Ostrovsky has recorded, together with Maxim Vengerov and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, Mozart’s Concertone for 2 Violins for EMI Classics, as well as an album of lesser known concerti by Russian composers, which featured works by Anton Arensky, Jules Conus, and a debut recording of the Concertino Op. 42 by Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
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In recent years, Ostrovsky has expanded his educational activities at the Neuchatel Branch of the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève, where he founded the “Soloists of Neuchatel” ensemble, which consists primarily of students of the school. As a conductor, he is increasingly engaged in conducting youth and professional orchestras across Europe and Asia. Ostrovsky also serves as Artistic Director of the Avetis Festival Orchestra.