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Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov, winner of the 2005 George Enescu International Violin Competition in Bucharest, has established an international career as a soloist and chamber musician.

**Orchestral collaborations
**He has performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestre de Paris, Cleveland Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Houston Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini, SWR Symphonieorchester, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala (Milan), and Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich.

**Conductors
**His collaborations with conductors include Vladimir Ashkenazy, David Zinman, Andris Nelsons, Charles Dutoit, Cristian Măcelaru, Peter Oundjian, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Juraj Valčuha, Kirill Karabits, Yuri Temirkanov and Gürer Aykal.

**Festivals and chamber music
**Sokolov has appeared at major festivals including Verbier, Lockenhaus and the Lucerne Festival, where he made his recital debut in 2017. His performances have taken him to venues including the Théâtre du Châtelet, Wigmore Hall, Lincoln Center, Mariinsky Theatre, Prinzregententheater in Munich and Musikverein in Vienna. His chamber music partners have included Gary Hoffman, Gérard Caussé, Lisa Batiashvili, François Leleux and Nelson Goerner.

**Recordings
**His discography with Erato Records (formerly EMI Classics) includes Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3, Sibelius’s Violin Concerto on DVD under Vladimir Ashkenazy, and the Bartók and Tchaikovsky violin concertos with David Zinman and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. He has also recorded Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Bruno Monsaingeon’s documentary Un violon dans l’âme / Natural Born Fiddler (2004) has been broadcast on ARTE.

**Education
**Yehudi Menuhin School; Royal College of Music, London; Kronberg Academy; Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK Wien).

**Teachers
**Sergei Yevdokimov, Natalia Boyarskaya, Felix Andrievsky, Mark Lubotsky, Boris Kuschnir, Ana Chumachenko, Pavel Vernikov and Gidon Kremer.

**Teaching
**Valeriy Sokolov is Professor of Violin at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.