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“Eugene Ugorski displays an impressive range of colour and attack in no.1, from the dramatic opening movement, through the virtuoso cadenza and the melodious Adagio to the vibrant, dance-influenced finale. He impresses further in the Second Concerto, particularly in its impassioned developmental cadenza, brilliantly executed, its rhapsodic nocturnal Andante based on a popular song, and its folksy bravura finale.. he demonstrates some enviable subtleties of bowing technique in more delicate, quieter moments.”
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"His astonishing maturity made him the perfect soloist for this work... Completely wrapped in thought, he worked closely with the conductor and orchestra to breathe life into the music, delivering a moving performance that brought out the introspective quality at the heart of the work - a quality so closely mirrored in the performer himself - with flawless intonation and not a hint of sentimentality."
Voralberg Nachtrichten
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Exceptional Russian-American violinist Eugene Ugorski has amassed a wealth of international experience at the highest level. He’s been hailed for possessing a technical ease and a youthful exuberance in his playing. His rich dark tone is resonant of the old Russian school of violinists and marks him out from his peers. Ugorski has performed throughout the world, working with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Hans Graf, Andrey Boreyko, Kirill Karabits, Hannu Lintu, Vasily Petrenko, Xian Zhang, Robin Ticciati, and Stefan Asbury.
Following his performance at the 2005 Moscow Easter Festival, Gergiev immediately invited Ugorski to appear with the Rotterdam Philharmonic that season. Since that time, Ugorski has gone on to work with, amongst others, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Strasbourg Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Seoul Philharmonic, and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
Highlights of recent seasons include Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Vienna Kammerphilharmonie, Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi, Bournemouth Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic, Galicia Symphony, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Columbian National Symphony, and Sao Paulo Symphony orchestras. He has been performing in venues such as the Vienna Konzerthaus and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
As a recitalist, Ugorski has appeared at major festivals across the world, including Lucerne Festival, Robeco Summer Nights in Amsterdam, Tivoli Festival in Copenhagen, Beethovenfest in Bonn, Bergen International Festival and De Doelen in Rotterdam. After an acclaimed debut at the Mecklenburg- Vorpommern Festival in Germany in 2008, he performed, together with pianist Konstantin Lifschitz, at the Enescu Festival in Romania, Seoul Arts Centre and Perth International Arts Festival in Australia. In 2010, the duo released a recital DVD for VAI of works by Bach, Brahms, Strauss, Szymanowski, Ravel and Tchaikovsky. Recent chamber music engagements also include performances at Wigmore Hall in London.
Ugorski’s concerto recording of the Młynarski Violin Concertos, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Michał Dworzynski, was released for Hyperion Records. It has since received rave reviews from Strad Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, and Diapason, France.
Born in 1989 in St Petersburg, Russia, Eugene moved with his family to San Diego at the age of five. He began studying the violin at the age of six with Professor Vesna Gruppman, as well as with Igor Gruppman, one of the world’s most respected concertmasters. Eugene made his orchestral debut with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra at the age of eight.