VASILIJ MELJNIKOV, Belarus
violin: 1.7.- 8.7. 2011
300€

studied at the Academy of Music in Minsk, Belarus, with one of the most renowned Russian professors, violinist Olga Parkomenko, who herself was a student and assistant of the famous David Ojstrah. After finishing his post graduate studies with Prof. Parkomenko, Vasilij perfected his violin performance at Peter Čajkovski Conservatory in Moscow. He began his pedagogical work as a professor at the Special Secondary School for Exceptional Music Talents in Mins. As a member of the Belarus National Chamber Orchestra he performed in former Soviet Union Republics as well as in other European countries. Since 1990, he is Professor at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana and menthor of the Ljubljana Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, which has had several very successful performances at home and abroad. In 1997, he won the first prize at the Vienna Modern Masters International Competition in Vienna, Austria. For six years he has held the position of the first Concert Master of RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, he is also the founder-member of the Soloists Chamber Orchestra of the Society of Slovene Composers and its first concert master.