Valeriy Sokolov, the Ukrainian violinist and winner of the George Enescu International Violin Competition in Bucharest, is one of the most outstanding artists of his generation.

Working regularly with the world’s leading orchestras, he has enjoyed collaborations with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin Konzerthausorchester, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestre de Paris, Cleveland Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Rotterdam Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.

Valeriy Sokolov has collaborated with conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, David Zinman, Susanna Mälkki, Andris Nelsons, Charles Dutoit, Cristian Macelaru, Peter Oundjian, Rafael Payare, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Juraj Valcuha, and Kirill Karabits.

He has appeared in many major European festivals including Verbier and Lockenhaus, and in 2017 made his recital debut at the Lucerne Festival. Valeriy regularly performs in the major concert halls around the world with highlights including regular Sunday Morning series appearances in Théâtre du Châtelet, as well as at the prestigious Wigmore Hall,
Lincoln Center, Mariinsky Theatre, Prinzregententheater in Munich, and Musikverein in Vienna.

As an active chamber music performer, Valeriy has collaborated regularly with Gary Hoffman, Gérard Caussé, Lisa Batiashvili, François Leleux, Nelson Goerner, and others.

In the 2023/24 season, Valeriy returns to the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover for Bartók’s Violin Concerto No. 2, performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, and Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra. He also makes a return to viola in Giya Kancheli’s Styx with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Kirill Karabits. Additional engagements include Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, and Barber’s Violin Concerto with both the Houston Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra.

The 2022/23 season saw Valeriy’s return to Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra for performances and a recording of Sibelius’s Violin Concerto with Santtu-Matias Rouvali, as well as further appearances with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic. He served as Artist in Residence with the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini.

In the 2021/22 season, Valeriy performed with the SWR Symphonieorchester, Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo, and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, among others, and gave debut performances with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala.

Valeriy has developed a strong and varied catalogue of recordings with Erato Records (formerly EMI Classics), including Enescu’s Sonata No. 3, Sibelius’s Violin Concerto (DVD under Vladimir Ashkenazy), and Bartók and Tchaikovsky concertos
with David Zinman and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. The documentary film “Un violon dans l’âme / Natural Born Fiddler” (Bruno Monsaingeon, 2004) remains a critical favorite and is regularly broadcast on ARTE TV.

He is currently Professor of Violin at the renowned Yehudi Menuhin School.