Cellist
Evgeny Eliah Sakakushev
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International Chamber Music Festival
Schloss Wonfurt
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An accomplished chamber musician, Evgeny appeared in many concerts throughout Europe, Israel, the USA, Russia and Japan with such musicians as Dora Schwarzberg, Bruno Giuranna, Alberto Lysy, Eduard Schmieder, Yuri Gandelsman, and Roman Nodel. Among numerous international prizes and distinctions is a first prize at the National Competition for German Music, 2nd Prize at the "Obretenov - Competition" in Bulgaria, and the Mendelssohn Competition in Berlin, as well as the Grand Premio at the Chamber Music Competition in Varenna, Italy. He also received scholarships from the “Wilheim-Müller-Stiftung”, Mannheim and the “Oscar & Vera-Ritter-Stiftung”, Hamburg. Born into a family of great medical tradition in Bulgaria in 1978, Evgeny has trained in Vienna and Mannheim with Professor Michael Flaksman, studied at the Menuhin Academy in Switzerland and took part in numerous master classes throughout Europe with such teachers as Ivan Monighetti, Victoria Yagling, Gary Hoffaman, and Eleonore Schoenfeld. |
As an invited guest he performed at the international chamber music festivals in “Estate Musicale a Portogruaro”, “Ascoli Piceno Music Festival” (Italy), Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz, (Germany), “Yokosuka Bay” (Japan), “West-Siberia-East Music Festival” (Russia), “Eilat Chamber Music Festival”, “Felicja Blumenthal Chamber Music Festival” (Israel), and participated at the Ravinia festival in Chicago and International Laureates Festival in Los Angeles (USA). Evgeny enjoys a chamber duo–partnership with the Argentinean pianist José Gallardo with whom he recorded a recital CD with works by Robert Schumann. |
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In 2002 he joined the cello faculty at the prestigious Kronberg Academy (“the cello capital of the world”) in Germany. Based in Spain since 2003, Evgeny occupied the principal cello chair of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga from 2003 -2006, and frequently performed with the Basque National Orchestra, San Sebastián. In 2005 he co-founded the “Musikfest Schloss Wonfurt” in northern Bavaria, where he is designated artistic director.
| With his fiancée Caroline von Bismarck he founded in 2005 the “International Chamber Music Festival Schloss Wonfurt” in northern Bavaria, where he is designated artistic director. |  |
