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Ian Maksin (born Ian Borisovich Maksin (Russian: Ян Борисович Максин); 31 March, 1975) is a Russian-born, USA-based cellist, composer, and multi-lingual vocalist.

Early life
Ian Maksin was born on March 31, 1975 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg). His father, Boris Yakovlevich Zimmer was a physician and an accomplished amateur musician and singer. His mother Yelena Ivanovna Maksina was a librarian and also an accomplished piano player. Maksin's parents decided to raise him with his mother's maiden name due to fear of antisemitic prosecution in the USSR at the time. Both parents contributed to Ian's early musical formation: his mother gave him his first piano and ear-training lessons from age 3, and his father taught him guitar and improvisation. From his own words, Maksin fell in love with the cello when he heard it on a record by Soviet cellist Svyatoslav Knushevitsky performign the cello concerto by Aram Khachaturian: "when I heard it, it felt like the sound was coming straight from the soul,and not from a wooden box with strings". At age 6, he past rigorous entrance exams into the Special School for Gifted Children at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and was enrolled to study cello as his main instrument and piano as secondary.

Studio albums

 * 1995: Mozart: violin concertos (with Claudio Abbado)
 * 1995: Violin Sonata
 * 1997: Paganini Caprices
 * 1997: Tchaikovsky, Conus: Violin Concertos
 * 2002: Pure Classics
 * 2007: Free
 * 2007: Virtuoso
 * 2008: David Garrett
 * 2008: Encore
 * 2009: Classic Romance
 * 2010: Rock Symphonies
 * 2011: Legacy
 * 2012: Music
 * 2013: 14
 * 2013: Garrett vs. Paganini
 * 2014: Caprice
 * 2014: Timeless – Brahms & Bruch Violin Concertos (with Zubin Mehta & Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)
 * 2015: Explosive
 * 2017: Rock Revolution

Other albums

 * Nokia Night of the Proms (2004)
 * The New Classical Generation 2008 (2008)

Featured

 * 2008: Tenor at the Movies – "Parla Più Piano" (theme from The Godfather) and "Se" (theme from Cinema Paradiso) with Jonathan Ansell
 * 2008: A New World – "Cinema Paradiso" with Will Martin

DVD

 * David Garrett: Live - In Concert & In Private (2009)
 * David Garrett: Rock Symphonies – Open Air Live (2011)
 * David Garrett: Legacy Live in Baden Baden  (2011)
 * David Garrett: Music – Live in Concert  (2012)

Recognition and awards

 * Radio Regenbogen Award, March 2008
 * Echo Classics, Classic without borders, October 2008
 * GQ Award Man of the Year category music, November 2008
 * Goldene Feder, May 2009
 * Goldener Geigenbogen, May 2009
 * Golden Camera, Best Music International, January 2010
 * World's Fastest Violinist, Guinness World Record, May 2008 to December 2011
 * Bambi Awards, category Classic (14.11.2013)