About_Tatiana

One of the most inspiring violinists of our time, Tatiana Samouil is in constant demand as a soloist, recording artist, chamber musician and pedagogue.
An ambassador of the Russian School, she starred alongside Yuri Bashmet at the closing ceremony of 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi (Russia) performing for a live audience of fourty thousand people, as well as an almost three billions online broadcast, worldwide. It comes as no surprise that her name appears in The Golden Book of Twenty to Twenty First Century Talents of Russia, stored in the Kremlin Palace. »Samouil's strong-willed, passionate and inspired playing is the direct continuation of the best traditions of Russian violin school« (Kultura, Moscow, June 2002).

Education & Competitions

Born into a family of eminent musicians, Tatiana was constantly surrounded by music. From the age of 3 she was already playing piano, only to discover her voice on the violin two years later. At this age she also displayed a precocious interest in composing her own music. The key moment for her came when she was nine years old. She played her debut with the National Orchestra of Moldova, under the baton of her father, Alexandru Samoila, and was so moved by that experience that she decided to dedicate herself to the violin.

Tatiana Samouil was selected by the Russian »New Names Program« at the age of fourteen and commenced an active touring at the most prestigious concert halls of Russia and Europe, performing also in the Vatican Residence for the Pope John Paul II, at the UN Headquarters in Geneva and for UNESCO in Paris. She moved to Moscow as a young girl in order to study with the legendary Maia Glezarova at the prestigious Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. There, she obtained her Soloist's Diploma with extraordinary mention. She then moved to Belgium to continue her studies with the great Igor Oistrakh at Brussels Conservatory. Under his guidance, and in a period of only three years, Tatiana Samouil won prizes at seven of the most prestigious international violin competitions, most notably the »Tchaikovsky International Competition« in Moscow (2002), the »Queen Elisabeth Competition« in Brussels (2001), the »Michael Hill International Competition« in New Zealand (2001) and the »International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition« in Helsinki (2000).

Presently, she is performing around the world, despite her near fatal accident in 2014. It left her hospitalised for a long period, unsure of whether she would be able to walk or play the violin again. Her recovery is nothing short of miraculous. Tatiana's comeback concert happened to be in no less then »Salle Gaveau« in Paris, live, recorded on French TV.

Career

This season alone, Tatiana Samouil will be performing in the Berlin Konzerthaus, the Seoul Art Center and Flagey in Brussels, along with performances in New York, Sochi, Moscow, Amsterdam, Izmir, Istanbul and Saint-Petersburg.
She often shares the stage with other great musicians of our time; Yuri Bashmet, Denis Matsuev, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Gautier Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Augustin Dumay, Frans Helmerson and Gary Hofmann have performed alongside her. Tatiana has enjoyed performing with the conductors such as Antonio Pappano, Christian Arming, Kazushi Ono, Dmitry Liss, Gilbert Varga, Jean-Jacques Kantorow and many others.
Tatiana Samouil has performes with numerous notable orchestras: the Belgian National Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Liège Royal Philharmonic, Russian National Orchestra, St.Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, »Novaya Rossiya« Orchestra, Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic, Khabarovsk Philharmonic, Klassische Philharmonie Bonn, Bayerisches Kammerorchester, Presidential Orchestra of Turkey, Izmir State Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires (Teatro Colón), Salta Symphony, Finnish Radio Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra, Odessa Philharmonic, Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo (Uruguay), Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Budapest), Sofia Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfónica do Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (Lisbon) and South Czech Philharmonic.

As a founding member of Malibran quartet, Tatiana is breaking ground, exploring the magical repertoire of a string quartet.

Tatiana is a passionate pedagogue. She is Professor of Violin at the prestigious Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth (Queen Elisabeth) as well as at the Antwerpen Royal Conservatory in Belgium. She is also Professor of Violin at the Musikene Superior Arts Center in San Sebastián (Spain). As a permanent member of Yuri Bashmet Academy, she gives masterclasses all over Russia. Tatiana is regularly invited to perform with Yuri Bashmet and his »Moscow Soloists« Orchestra, as well as »Novaya Rossia« Symphony.

Since 2003 Tatiana has been regularly touring South America. After a successful debut in Teatro Colon, she was invited to perform in Presidential Palace in Santiago and at Quinta Vergara Open Air Festival for 10.000 people. The longtime collaboration was marked by a recording of the Luis Gianneo Violin Concerto with Salta Philarmonic for Sony Classical record label, the State project dedicated to 200 years anniversary of Argentina. The success of this CD brought it to the nomination for the »Best Classical Release of Latin America 2009«.

Recordings

Tatiana Samouil's numerous recordings and distinguished discography mirror her musical passion and adventurous spirit. Besides recording for Sony Classical, Tatiana has nearly 20 CD's. Her recording of works by Eugène Ysaÿe with the Liège Philharmonic under the baton of Jean-Jacques Kantorow received »Diapason d'Or«, the highest award of the French Music Magazine »Diapason«.
The recording projects of the near future will continue to explore the Belgian heritage with the string quartets of Albrecht Huybrechts as well as a new recital CD »The French Touch« with David Lively.

Violins

Over those years, Tatiana had a privilege of long term performing and recording on phenomenal instruments, like the Guarnerius del Gesu violin »ex-Vieuxtemps«, the Antonio Stradivarius »ex- Kreisler«, as well as a violins of Jean Baptist Vuillaume and Francois Pique.

At present, Tatiana is playing on a Nicolo Gagliano (1770) and a modern violin of Christian Bayon, built specially for her.

About_Tatiana

Née à Saint-Pétersbourg dans une famille de musiciens, Tatiana Samouil commence le violon à six ans.
Trois ans plus tard, elle donne son premier récital et fait ses débuts en soliste avec l’Orchestre national de Moldavie dirigé par son père Alexandru Samoila. En 1989, elle entre au Collège Académique de Musique, dont elle sort diplômée en 1993, puis poursuit ses études avec Serge Fatkulin et Maja Glezarova au Conservatoire Tchaikovsky de Moscou. Diplomée en 1999 (avec mention spéciale du jury), elle devient l’élève d’Igor Oistrakh au Conservatoire flamand de Bruxelles (Maîtrise et Prix Spécial »Maurice Lefrank« pour le meilleur étudiant, 2000). Enfin, en 2001-2002, une bourse lui permet d’étudier auprès de Jose-Luis Garcia à l’école supérieure Reina Sofia de Madrid.

Juste après son installation en Belgique, Tatiana Samouil remporte les Premiers Prix du Concours Tenuto de la Radio-Télévision Belge et du Concours Henri Vieuxtemps (1998). Elle est lauréate de plusieurs concours comme le Concours Sibelius (2000), le Reine Elisabeth (2001) ou le Tchaikovski de Moscou (3e prix, 2002).

À partir de 2001, Tatiana Samouil joue en soliste avec de nombreux orchestres: l’Orchestre national de Belgique, l’Orchestre de la Radio Flamande, l’Orchestre de chambre de Toulouse, l’Orchestre Metropolitana de Lisbonne, le Deutsches Kammerorchestre de Berlin, Klassische Philarmonie Bonn... sans compter les orchestres de son pays natal: l’Orchestre symphonique de Saint-Pétersbourg, l’Orchestre philharmonique de Nijni Novgorod, l’Orchestre national de Russie.
Elle joue sous la direction de chefs prestigieux: Gilbert Varga, Bjarte Engeset, Alexander Rahbari, Kazushi Ono, Alexander Anissimov, Yurii Bashmet, Dimitry Liss...

Depuis 2004, Tatiana Samouil enseigne à la Chapelle musicale Reine Elisabeth et depuis 2009, au Conservatoire royal d'Anvers. Elle joue avec le pianiste David Lively et son propre quatuor Malibran et donne de nombreux concerts de musique de chambre avec entre autres, Vadim Repin, Gautier Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Nicolas Altstaedt, Antoine Tamestit.

Grâce à la générosité d’un mécène anonyme, elle joue sur un magnifique Stradivarius ayant appartenu au célèbre Fritz Kreisler.

About_Tatiana

Tatiana Samouil ist eine russisch-belgische Violinistin.

Ausbildung & Wettbewerbe

Tatiana Samouil stammt aus einer Musikerfamilie und erhielt ihren ersten Violinunterricht im Alter von sechs Jahren. Drei Jahre später gab sie ihr erstes Recital und debütierte als Solistin mit dem Nationalorchester von Moldawien.

Tatiana Samouil studierte bei großen Meistern wie Maja Glezarova am Moskauer Tschaikovsky-Konservatorium, wo sie mit dem Solistendiplom abschloss. Später wurde sie in die Meisterklasse von Igor Oistrach am Königlichen Konservatorium in Brüssel und in die „Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth“ aufgenommen (Meisterdiplom mit Spezialpreis Maurice Lefrank), sie vollendete ihre Studien bei José-Luis Garcia in Madrid.

Tatiana Samouil ist Preisträgerin zahlreicher bedeutender internationaler Wettbewerbe.
1998 · Tenuto Classical Music Contest for Belgian Radio and Television in Brüssel / Belgien · (1.Preis)
1998 · Internationaler Henri-Vieuxtemps-Wettbewerb in Verviers / Belgien · (1.Preis)
1999 · Concours International de Jeunes Concertistes in Douai / Frankreich · (Preisträger)
2000 · International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki / Finnland · (4.Preis)
2001 · Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brüssel / Belgien · (Preisträger)
2001 · Michael Hill International Violin Competition in Auckland / Neuseeland · (Goldmedaille)
2002 · XII. Internationaler Tschaikowski-Wettbewerb in Moskau / Russland · (3.Preis)

Konzerttätigkeit

Nach dem Gewinn zahlreicher Wettbewerbspreise begann ihre internationale Karriere als Solistin mit Orchestern wie dem Belgischen Nationalorchester, dem Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, dem Finnischen Radioorchester, dem Nationalen Kammerorchester Toulouse, dem Brandenburgischen Staatsorchester, der Klassischen Philharmonie Bonn, der Radiophilharmonie Bukarest, der Holland Sinfonia, dem Russischen Nationalorchester, dem Philharmonischen Orchester Sankt-Petersburg und dem Deutschen Kammerorchester Berlin.
Sie arbeitete zusammen mit namhaften Dirigenten wie Kazushi Ōno, Heribert Beissel, Alexander Anissimov, Bjarte Engeset, Alexander Rahbari, Gilbert Varga, Luis Gorelic, Miguel Harth-Begoya usw.

Als Kammermusikerin wird Tatiana Samouil regelmäßig zu großen internationalen Festivals eingeladen, so z.B. zum Festival de Menton, Festival van Vlaanderen, Festival Flagey, Florilegio Festival (Spanien), International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog (Holland) und zum Consonances Festival (Frankreich).
Sie musiziert u.a. an der Seite von Gerard Caussé, Augustin Dumay, Frans Helmerson, Katia und Marielle Labèque, Mihaela Martin, Bruno Pasquier und Sonia Wieder-Atherton. Sie konzertierte auf Tourneen in Südamerika, Russland, Moldawien und in der Türkei und gibt regelmäßig Konzerte in ganz Europa.

Karriere

In den Jahren 2003 bis 2006 unterrichtete Tatiana Samouil am Konservatorium in Namur. Seit 2004 ist sie Professorin für Violine an der Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth und seit 2002 Erste Konzertmeisterin des Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie.

Im Jahr 2006 erhielt Tatiana Samouil für ihre CD-Aufnahme sämtlicher Werke für Violine und Klavier von Prokofjew (mit Plamena Mangova) 4 Sterne der französischen Musikzeitschrift Le Monde de la Musique und 5 Sterne des renommierten Musikjournals Diapason.