Sergey Malov - NOSPR

The violinist Sergey Malov from St. Petersburg is considered as versatile as he is virtuoso: he plays violin, viola, baroque violin and cello da spalla – the instrument on which Johann Sebastian Bach himself probably played his cello suites. His repertoire ranges from early Baroque music to Johann Sebastian Bach, from classical and romantic violin concertos to the world premieres of contemporary music. For his interpretations he deals intensively with questions of style and playing techniques of the respective epoch.
On the violin Sergey Malov won prizes at the Paganini Competition in Genoa, the Mozart Competition in Salzburg, the Heifetz Competition in Vilnius and the Michael Hill Competition in Auckland. With the viola he won prizes at the ARD Competition in Munich and at the Tokyo Viola Competition.
As a violin and viola soloist he has performed with orchestras such as the BBC London Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Enesco Philharmonic Orchestra, the Auckland Philharmonia and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Invitations from previous seasons have also taken him to the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he performed Sibelius' Violin Concerto on Sibelius' birthday under Klaus Mäkelä, to the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, to a Japan recital tour and a tour with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn. In summer 2019 he was residence artist at the Turku Music Festival in Finland.
Sergey Malov was awarded the baroque violin at the Leipzig Bach Competition. The JumpstartJunior Foundation Amsterdam provided him with a Gioffredo Cappa Baroque violin. As a soloist he performed with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Venice Baroque Orchestra, the Sevilla Baroque Orchestra, the Musica Viva Orchestra Moscow, the Camerata Salzburg and the Baroque Orchestra Halle.
Highlights of the past season were impressing debuts at Schubertiade Hohenems, Festival Cervantino Mexiko, Herkulessaal München as well as performances with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Again, Sergey Malov toured with Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, and further invitations lead him to Konzerthaus Berlin and Zaryadye-Hall to Moscow.
The 2020/2021 season begins with a return to Brucknerhaus Linz, where Sergey performs Brahms violin concerto with Neues Orchester and Christoph Spering conducting. He afterwards travels to Granada where he will be Artist in Residence this season, celebrating his first engagement with the orchestra in September. Sergey will celebrate a number of debuts at Konzerthaus Wien, Boulez-Saal at Berlin and with hr-Sinfonieorchester at Frankfurt. He returns to his home country Russia for a recital at St. Petersburg and for a play-conduct-concert with State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia. Furthermore Sergey will be guest at Seville’s Early Music Festival.
In September 2017 Malov was appointed professor at the Zurich Musikhochschule. His recordings have been released by Decca, eaSonus, Hänssler Profil, Alba and Pan Classics. In September 2017 Solo Musica released his album Hommage á Ysaÿe. Paganini was published in spring 2019 on which Sergey recorded Paganini’s 24 caprices. Sergey's latest album Bach – 6 Suites for violoncello solo – recorded on his violoncello da spalla – was released in April 2020 by Solo Musica and received outstanding critics (“…a CD which is thoroughly terrific“. Süddeutsche Zeitung, Reinhard J. Brembeck, 27.04.2020).
The videos with his violoncello da spalla have been viewed over a million times on the Internet. In addition to Bach's 6 cello suites, Malov plays a wide repertoire of solo and chamber music on this instrument.