Violin recital by Philipp Chernomor & Mikhail Mordvinov, piano

Programme

• Bach – Partita in E major, BWV 1006
• Paganini – Caprice No. 17, Op. 1
• Spohr – Barcarolle in G major, Op. 135 No. 1
• Beethoven – Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30/3
• Waxman – Carmen Fantasy
• Corigliano – The Red Violin Caprices
• Bruch – Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Philipp Chernomor, born in Holzwickede in 2010, has been taking regular violin lessons from Emir Imerov in Wickrath since childhood and has been a junior student at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen since 2021, where he studies with Prof. Andrey Baranov and Prof. Marc Bouchkov. From a young age, he gained important artistic inspiration through working with internationally renowned teachers and soloists.

Between 2017 and 2025, he took part in numerous masterclasses, including those led by Viktor Tretiakov, Maxim Vengerov, Boris Kuschnir, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Andrey Baranov, Pierre Amoyal, Boris Garlitsky, Kirill Troussov and Christel Lee, all of whom had a lasting influence on his musical development. Philipp is the winner of the International Violin Competitions in Malta, Ratingen and Brussels, as well as the regional, state and national ‘Jugend Musiziert’ competitions from 2020 to 2025. As a soloist, he has performed at venues including the Mönchengladbach Theatre and the Seidenweberhaus in Krefeld with the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker Krefeld Mönchengladbach under the baton of Chief Conductor Mihkel Kütson, with the Geringas Chamber Orchestra under Maestro David Geringas, and with the WDR Orchestra.

In 2025, further performances followed with the Essen-Duisburg University Orchestra, concerts as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and, in 2026, a New Year’s tour with the Cologne Youth Philharmonic Orchestra in ten German cities, concluding in the Grand Hall of the Cologne Philharmonie. The musician is supported, amongst others, by the Jürgen Ponto Foundation. Philipp received a loan from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben – a violin by Carlo Annibale Tononi, Venice, 1727.

Mikhail Mordvinov, born in Moscow, is regarded as one of the most significant Russian pianists of his generation. Following numerous successes at international competitions, he now performs worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician and song accompanist. Radio and CD recordings bear witness to his virtuosity and musical maturity. Mordvinov began playing the piano at the age of six and, from the age of seven, was taught at the Gnessin Music School in Moscow in Tatjana Zelikman’s piano class. In 1994, he began his studies at the Russian Gnessin Academy under Professor Vladimir Tropp. There, he was awarded the title of ‘Best Student of the Year’ in 1997.

This was followed by postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Drama in Hanover under Prof. Bernd Goetzke. Since receiving the Scriabin Scholarship from the Moscow Scriabin Museum in 1994, he has been a regular guest at the Scriabin Music Festival. In 1997–98, Mikhail Mordvinov was also a Heinrich Neuhaus Scholar. Between 2004 and 2006, he received support from the Keyboard Charitable Trust in London.

Mikhail Mordvinov has won prizes at numerous competitions, including First Prize at the 12th International Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau (1996), First Prize and a Special Prize at the 6th International Schubert Competition in Dortmund (1997), and First Prize and a Special Prize at the 12th International Competition in Andorra (2006).