Oleh Krysa & Tatiana Tchekina - Dedicated to Paganini
                      作      曲：Paganini
                                    Szymanowski
                                    Schnittke
                      小  提  琴：Oleh Krysa
                      钢      琴：Tatiana Tchekina
                     
                      厂      牌：TNC
                      CD  编  号：TNC CD 1531
                      发行日期：2010年

The Ukrainian-American violinist Oleh Krysa is long esteemed in the former USSR as a distinguished soloist, chamber musician and teacher. A prominent student of David Oistrakh, Oleh Krysa won major prizes in such international competitions as the Wieniawski, Tchaikovsky and Montreal, and was the outright winner of the Paganini Competition.
Oleh Krysa began his teaching career as chairman of the Violin Department at the Kiev Conservatory. In 1973 he took the same position at the Gnesin Musical and Pedagogical Institute in Moscow and, two years later, returned to the Moscow Conservatory as Professor of Violin, where he remained until 1988. Currently he is Professor of Violin at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
Oleh Krysa has performed in major music centers throughout the world (including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Concertgebouw, Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Teatro alla Scala, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center, etc.) with leading orchestras and conductors and ensembles. He has also appeared at major festivals in Europe, North America, the Far East and Australia. In addition to his thriving solo career, Mr. Krysa was the leader of the celebrated Beethoven String Quartet 1977-87.
Oleh Krysa is also a champion of contemporary music and has worked closely with Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina, Krzsyzstof Penderecki, Sydney Hodkinson, Virko Baley, Valentin Silvestrov and Myroslav Skoryk. He has premiered a number of their works and many have been written specifically for him. Mr. Krysa has recorded on the Melodiya, BIS, Triton, Olympia, Amadis, Polskie Nagranie, TNC and Russian Disc labels.
Oleh Krysa has served on the jury panel of the International Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, Paganini, Kreisler, Joachim, Oistrakh, Lipizer, Quingdao, Sarasate and Montreal Violin Competitions.
Mr. Krysa is married to pianist Tatiana Tchekina who has been his partner in most of his recitals and recordings over the years.

The pianist Tatiana Tchekina was born in Moscow into a family of singers. She studied at the Kiev and Moscow Conservatories with Vsevolod Topilin and Boris Zemlyansky. Since 1967, Ms. Tchekina has been performing with her husband, the violinist Oleh Krysa, in solo and chamber music recitals in major concert halls throughout the former Soviet Union (including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory), Europe (including Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw and Semper Oper), the United States (including Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Korea and Japan and has received world wide critical acclaim.
Tatiana Tchekina also appeared at major music festivals in Russia (“Moscow Stars”), Czechoslovakia (“Prague Spring”), Austria (Wiener Fest), Finland (Kuhmo, Korsholm), USA (Oregon Bach Festival, The Lake Winnipesaukee Music Festival, Park City International Chamber Music Festival) and Australia (Townsville).
She has recorded on the Melodiya, BIS, Triton, Olympia, Amadis, Polskie Nagranie, TNC and Russian Disc labels with violinist Oleh Krysa.
Ms. Tatiana Tchekina taught Chamber Music at Kiev Conservatory and Accompanying at Gnesin Musical and Pedagogical Institute in Moscow. Currently she is Assistant Professor of Accompanying at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.

                      01.  Paganini, Sonatina in A minor Op. 2, No. 6
                      02.  Paganini, Sonatina in A Major Op. 2, No. 4
                      03.  Paganini, Caprice Op. 1 No. 5
                      04.  Paganini, Caprice Op. 1 No. 6
                      05.  Paganini, Caprice Op. 1 No. 13
                      06.  Paganini, Caprice Op. 1 No. 16
                      07.  Paganini, Caprice Op. 1 No. 17
                      08.  Paganini, Caprice Op. 1 No. 18
                      09.  Paganini, Caprice Op. 1 No. 23
                      10.  Szymanowski, Three Paganini Caprices Op. 40 No. 20
                      11.  Szymanowski, Three Paganini Caprices Op. 40 No. 21
                      12.  Szymanowski, Three Paganini Caprices Op. 40 No. 24
                      13.  Schnittke, "A Paganini" for solo Violin
                      14.  Paganini, Cantabile
                      15.  Paganini, La Campanella
                      16.  Paganini, Introduzione e variazioni su aria "Di tanti palpiti" dal "Tancredi" di Rossini