Leonid Gorokhov

CV Leonid Gorokhov

Personal

• 1967 Born in Leningrad, now St Petersburg Parents: E. Gorokhov, neurologist, and T. Gorokhova, Railway engineer
• 1969 encounters with house music at the age of two through his grandfather, one passionate amateur musician
• 1972 Private piano lessons
• 1974 attended the music high school at the Leningrad Conservatory, majoring in cello, class of S. Zagursky (later solo cellist Radio Filarmonic Orkest, Hilversum, Holland)
• 1982 began studying in the class of Prof. A. Nikitin, solo cellist of the Leningrad Philharmonic. Further influences through encounters with Daniil Shafran, Janos Starker, Bernhard Greenhouse, Anner Bylsma, Yehudi Menuhin.

Prizes

• 1982 1st prize and Grand Prix at Concertino-Praha, followed by his first concert tour abroad
• 1984 2nd Prize Cello Competition of the Russian Republic
• 1986 1st prize and Grand Prix Patek Philippe at the Concours Internationale D'Execution Musicale,Geneva
• 1987 Paris Chamber Music Competition, 1st prize as a duo with piano
• 1987-1991 Participation in music festivals and concert tours
• 1991 Met Sir Yehudi Menuhin and moved to London, Great Britain teaching activity
• 1991-2001 teaching at the Yehudi Menuhin School
• 1992-1995 taught at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
• 1995-2004 taught at the Royal College of Music, London
• 2004-2009 taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
• 2008- Professorship at the University of Music, Theater and Media Hannover, Germany
• 2008 move to Hannover

Concert activityselection:

Appearances as a soloist with orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Orchester de la Suisse Romande, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Symphony Orchestra Biel, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra London, The English Symphony Orchestra Chamber music with Roland Krüger, Niklas Sivelöv, Alexander Rudin, Boris Garlitsky, Gerard Wyss, Vincent Lucas,Philippe Mueller and others

Masterclasses

2023 International Music Academy Marktoberdorf; Budapest Festival Academy ;Holland Music Sessions Saline ;Royal Academy

Selected Alumni

• Vashti Hunter, cellist of the Trio Gaspard, professor at the University of Linz, Prizewinner at the Prague Spring Competition
• Tim Posner, solo cello, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Prizewinner at the Davidoff Competition
• Alexey Shadrin, Prizewinner at the Queen Elisabeth Competition Callum Cook, solo cello, Chicago City Opera
• Laura Van der Heijden, BBC Young Musician of the Year Aram Yagubian, former solo cello Orchestra de la Suisse Romande, solo cello Staatstheater Stuttgart
• Stanislas Kim, solo cellist of the Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, Prizewinner of the Enescu Competition
• Matthias Fiedler, solo cellist of the Staatskapelle Halle (from September 2023) Members of several orchestras in Europe and the USA. CD recordings, chamber music such as solo and duo with piano, since 1987. Most recently as a composer on Chandos with a commission work for Trio Gaspard