Outstanding cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich
Very high playing
János Starker
Leader in the field of performance
Daniel Shafran
Excellent musician
John Cage
Superb musician of rare abilities
George Crumb
Outstanding person in present day music activities
Krzysztof Penderecki
The concerts of Mr Ivashkin can be recognised as an essential step toward authentic interpretation. This means an intense amount of preparation both in the musicological field and in the exact knowledge of different styles
Mauricio Kagel
Prodigious cellist
The Guardian
Alexander Ivashkin swings mightily into all he does, with élan
The Glasgow Herald
His cello sounds like an orchestra, with lyric and tragic spirit at the
same time
Corriere del Ticino
Ivashkin is a cellist we should hear more often
The Financial Times
Alexander Ivashkin is no ordinary cellist… his extensive concerto
repertoire (over 60 works at the last count) suggests a heightened taste
for the unusual and exotic
The Strad
Ivashkin combines breadth of knowledge with a driving energy
Daily Telegraph
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7 June, 2012
The Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg
The White Nights/New Horizons International Festival
Nikolai Korndorf – Concerto Capriccioso.
Alexander Raskatov – New Work (World premiere)
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
The Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, conductor
6 June, 2012, The Yaani Kirek Concert Hall, St Petersburg
The White Nights/New Horizons International Festival
Bach – Cello Suites
Vasks – Buch for Cello
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
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7 – 15 May, 2012
Prague Spring International Cello Competition
Member of the Jury
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Alexander the great
Outstanding Russian cellist Alexander Ivashkin performs classical repertoires and champions modern music.
By Maxim Reider
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World Premiere of Roger Redgate Black Icons for cello and ensemble:
The Rakhmaninov Hall, Moscow Conservatoire, 18 April 2011
Alexander Ivashkin, cello, The Studio for New Music Ensemble, Igor Dronov, conductor
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8 December 2010
Concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall
 Prokofiev – Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 119
Alexander Ivashkin, cello, Dmitri Alexeev, piano
Prokofiev – Cantata 'Seven, They Are Seven' (1917/1933)
Goldsmiths Sinfonia/Choir conducted by Alexander Ivashkin
Ivashkin… gave his best ever performance of Prokofiev's Cello Sonata.
David Nice at Blogspot.com
an enthralling performance of Prokofiev's Cello Sonata op. 119 by Alexander Ivashkin and Dmitri Alexeev
Max Harrison, Musical Opinion, February/March 2011
Press: read more…
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Nikolay Korndorf. Complete Music for Cello
With Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Konstantin Krimets. Anya Alexeev, piano
Toccata Classics, 2012
Recordings: see the complete list…
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Krzysztof Penderecki. Largo (Cello Concerto)
World premiere of the revised version.
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
With Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki
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Alexander Ivashkin plays Prokofiev
(Complete Concertos and Sonatas)
'Chandos', CHAN 24141
released on July 01, 2008.
Prokofiev. Cello Concerto (Andante – 6:07)
Recordings: see the complete list…
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