Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev

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Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev was born in 1997 into a family of esteemed musicians and started playing the violin when he was 5 years old. At the age of 8, he gave his first orchestral concert with his grandfather Server Ganiyev, and that same year he was admitted to the Zurich Conservatory Young Student program. At the age of 10, Elvin made his debut with Moscow Virtuosi under the baton of Vladimir Spivakov at the Kremlin Palace. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Spain, from the class of Professor Zakhar Bron. Ganiyev is currently pursuing his Konzertexamen degree at the Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen and his second Master’s degree in the Instrumental Soloist program at UdK Berlin.

He has performed with renowned conductors, such as Zubin Mehta, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sasha Goetzel, Placido Domingo and esteemed musicians, such as Anne-Sophie Mutter, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Fazıl Say and Viktor Pikayzen in prominent concert halls throughout the world including Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Kremlin Palace and Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Opera Garnier Monte-Carlo, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Athens Megaron, Zurich Tonhalle, the Royal Albert Hall. 

He has received numerous awards and honours at prestigious international competitions including David Oistrakh Violin Competition, Lipinski-Wieniawski Competition for Young Musicians, Golden Medal Berliner International Music Competition, and Vienna International Music Competition to name a few.

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2024-03-24

Elvin Hoxha Ganiyev joins TACT

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