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SUMMARY:Chamber Music at Davies Symphony Hall
LOCATION:Davies Symphony Hall\, 201 Van Ness Ave\, San Francisco\, CA 94102
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Barantschik began his tenure as San Francisco Symphon
 y Concertmaster in September 2001 and holds the Naoum Blinder Chair. Forme
 r concertmaster of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany\, London Symp
 hony Orchestra\, and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic\, he has also been an 
 active soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe. He has collaborated
  in chamber music with André Previn\, Antonio Pappano\, and Mstislav Ros
 tropovich. As leader of the LSO\, Mr. Barantschik toured Europe\, Japan\, 
 and the United States\; performed as soloist\; and served as concertmaster
  for major symphonic cycles with Michael Tilson Thomas\, Rostropovich\, an
 d Bernard Haitink. He was also concertmaster for Pierre Boulez’s year-lo
 ng\, three-continent seventy-fifth birthday celebration. Born in Russia\, 
 Mr. Barantschik attended the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and went on to 
 perform with the major Russian orchestras\, including the Saint Petersburg
  Philharmonic. His awards include first prize in the International Violin 
 Competition in Sion\, Switzerland\, and in the Russian National Violin Com
 petition. Since joining the San Francisco Symphony\, Mr. Barantschik has l
 ed the Orchestra in several programs and appeared as soloist in concertos 
 and other works by Bach\, Mozart\, Mendelssohn\, Brahms\, Beethoven\, Prok
 ofiev\, Shostakovich\, Walton\, Piazzolla\, and Schnittke\, among others. 
 Mr. Barantschik is a member of the faculty at the San Francisco Conservato
 ry of Music\, where he teaches graduate students from around the world in 
 a special concertmaster program. Through an arrangement with the Fine Arts
  Museums of San Francisco\, Mr. Barantschik has the exclusive use of the 1
 742 Guarnerius del Gesù violin once owned by the virtuoso Ferdinand Davi
 d\, who is believed to have played it in the world premiere of the Mendels
 sohn E-minor Violin Concerto in 1845. It was also the favorite instrument 
 of the legendary Jascha Heifetz\, who acquired it in 1922 and who bequeath
 ed it to the Fine Arts Museums\, with the stipulat\n\nhttps://www.sfsympho
 ny.org/Buy-Tickets/2026-27/Chamber-Legion-Nov
URL:https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2026-27/Chamber-Legion-Nov
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