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Vladislav Lavrik, one of the most talented musicians of his generation, is Russia’s finest trumpeter and an established young conductor. He is the rare talent who conducts and performs as trumpet soloist from the podium. Lavrik is principal trumpet of the Russian National Orchestra (RNO) and founding director of the International Brass Days Festival, established in 2010. As well, he is artistic director of the RNO Brass Quintet and a sought-after member of trumpet competition juries in Russia, the United States and Europe.

As a trumpeter Vladislav Lavrik was a medalist of the Moscow International Festival of Young Soloists (1997, 1998) and winner of several international competitions, among them the Competition of Young Trumpeters named after Timofei Dokshitser (1994, 1996), International Competition “Classical Heritage” (1994), and the Moscow International Trumpet Competition. In recent years Lavrik has performed solo concerts in Belgium, China, Estonia, France, Germany, the United States and Uruguay. He has performed across the wide expanse of his native Russia, most notably in 2016 when he was the featured soloist at the Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Moscow’s Red Square. Performing before an audience of 70,000 people and accompanied by a band of 1000 musicians, the concert reached a nationwide audience in Russia.

Recognized for achievements in both classical and jazz performance styles, Vladislav Lavrik was appointed principal trumpet of the RNO at the age of 20, the youngest person to hold a principal chair in the history of the orchestra. Since 2008 Lavrik has been a professor of the trumpet faculty of the Moscow State Conservatory.

In 2011 he was elected to the board of the International Trumpet Guild, the first Russian to be given this recognition and responsibility. In 2016 he received the Russian Presidential Prize for Young Artists, the country’s highest honor, and the first time the prize was given to a trumpeter.

Born to a family of musicians, Lavrik’s early training included both piano and trumpet. After  receiving the master’s degree in trumpet performance at Moscow State Conservatory, he completed the opera and symphonic conducting program at the Gnesin Academy of Music. In addition to regular conducting assignments with the RNO and frequent invitations to guest-conduct major Russian orchestras, Vladislav Lavrik is artistic director and chief conductor of two regional orchestras in Russia, the Tula Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of the Orenburg Regional Philharmonia. As a conductor and trumpet soloist Lavrik is actively involved in music projects for children, including the RNO’s established series “Magic of Music.” During 2011 and 2012 he visited orphanages and special schools in the United States and Russia with a program of music therapy for children with disabilities. In 2013 he both conducted and performed as trumpet soloist in premiere performances of the children’s musical Hermitage Cats Save the Day by American jazz composer Chris Brubeck. The project was completed in partnership with the State Hermitage Museum.

In 2011 he released a solo trumpet album Meditations, featuring music by Russian composers. His recording with the Russian National Orchestra of Alexander Rosenblatt’s Alice in Wonderland with narrator Alexander Oleshko was released in 2013. Of the Pentatone Classic recording of Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy with the RNO and soloist Vladislav Lavrik, MusicWeb-International has written about the performance, “The orchestra is crowned with a magnificent trumpet contribution from Vladislav Lavrik. The gold-threaded trumpet rises from the mix in a most atmospheric way.”

Press Acclaim for Vladislav Lavrik San Francisco Classical Voice                                                                                                        Lavrik has a gorgeous sound and displayed the kind of innate musicality that is beyond teaching. TheArtsDesk.com                                                                                                                                     For the first time ever Paavo Järvi and the Pärnu Music Festival (Estonia) presented trumpeter Vladislav Lavrik, wielding an extraordinary instrument with a bent bell for fuller projection. Masterworks Review, Asheville, North Carolina, USA ''Guest soloist for the evening was trumpeter Vladislav Lavrik who displayed accomplished musicianship and virtuosity in the Trumpet Concerto by Alexander Arutiunian. The showy cadenza written by the late Timofei Dokshitser was played with deceptive ease. Mr. Lavrik gave a sparkling sheen to his playing which kept the performance vivid. '' The Brass Herald, “My Instrument Is My Voice,” March 26, 2017, interview with Vladislav Lavrik: ''“Let’s not forget the joyfulness that music brings to people of all ages. I think this effect of brass music is one of the reasons I like to play—simple joy.”'' Vedimosti, Moscow …how beautifully did the young god of the orchestra, trumpeter Vladislav Lavrik, read the high notes.

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