Dmitri Tsirin

Prize-winner of important international cello competitions (“Scheveningen”, Netherlands 1991; “Rostropovich” in Paris 1995; “Leonard Rose” in Washington 1997; ”Tchaikovsky” in Moscow 1998) Dmitri Tsirin studied with prof. Natalia Shahkovskaya at Moscow State Conservatoire and prof. Natalia Gutman at Stuttgart Academy of Music and Arts; took lessons from Daniil Shafran and Mstislav Rostropovich.
As a soloist he played with orchestras such as North Netherlands Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Moscow Philharmonic, Berlin Radio, Belarusian Philharmonic, Palau de Les Arts and others.
Mr. Tsirin has participated at prestigious chamber music festivals playing with Michail Lidsky, Boris Berezovsky, Domenico Codispoti, Gjorgi Dimcevski, Ernst Kovacic, Gordan Nicolic, Andrei Pushkarev. Mr. Tsirin assisted Natalia Gutman at Stuttgart High School of Music and also at some international masterclasses (“Riva de Garda”, “Enghien”,”Sion”). He was appointed as a professor of cello at Neve – Sharet Conservatory (Tel – Aviv), and then as a professor at Academy of Music and Arts (Esbjerg, Denmark). He is also a constantly invited professor at “Goppisbergermusikfestival and masterclass” in Switzerland.
Mr. Tsirin was invited as a jury member at some international competitions for young musicians (“Crescendo”, “Svirel”). Also he has offered quite a few masterclasses in Russia, Israel, Denmark, China, Spain, Italy.
His orchestral experience Dmitri received at Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra de la Comunidad Valenciana playing with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Valeri Gergiev, Kurt Masur, Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel and others. Currently he has “solista” position at Orquestra Sinfonica de Madrid and invited solo cello position at Aalborg Symphony Orchestra.
Dmitri has at his possession “rare and fine” cello made by Antonio Cassini in 1668.