Ilya Kaler
Russian violinist Ilya Kaler has been compared to masters such as Itzhak Perlman and Jascha Heifetz. He has the distinction of being the only violinist to win gold medals in three of the most prestigious international competitions: the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (1986), the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki (1985), and the Paganini Competition in Genoa (1981). He has had a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and educator.
Kaler was born into a musical family in Moscow in 1963, and attended the Central Music School for Especially Gifted Children. He received his master's degree and his doctorate from the Moscow State Conservatory, where his teachers included Leonid Kogan and Viktor Tretyakov. He has established a significant international career, performing with some of the world's great orchestras, including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Leningrad Philharmonic, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the Berlin Radio Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, and the Baltimore Symphony. His experience in chamber music includes participation in the Newport and Chautauqua Music Festivals, and other musicians with whom he has collaborated include Janos Starker, Steven Doane, Emanuel Ax, Yuri Bashmet, and Myron Bloom.
Kaler has taught at the Eastman Conservatory of Music, Indiana University School of Music (where he was Distinguished Professor of Music), and DePaul University. He has served as concertmaster of the Rochester Philharmonic and as guest concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Aspen Festival Orchestra. His recordings include a broad range of concertos, solo works, and chamber music by composers as diverse as Paganini, Bach, Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Dvorák, Glazunov, Szymanowski, Shostakovich, and Messiaen.
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Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1
Classical - Released by Naxos on 11 Jun 1993
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Sérénade - Concerto pour violon, op.8
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Kaler, Antoni Wit
Classical - Released by Naxos on 4 Jan 2011
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 - Double Concerto in D Minor, MWV O 4 - Capriccio Brillant in B Minor, Op. 22, MWV O 8
Ilya Kaler, Rasa Vitkauskaite, Jonathan Cohler, Budapest Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra
Concertos - Released by Ongaku Records, Inc. on 1 Sep 2023
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Suite de concert - Ioann Damaskin
Gnesin Academy Chorus, Ilya Kaler, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling
Classical - Released by Naxos on 29 Sep 2009
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JEWISH STRING QUARTETS
Classical - Released by Milken Family Foundation on 17 Jan 2006
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My First Violin Album
Classical - Released by Naxos on 27 Feb 2012
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Sonates et Partitas pour violon (Intégrale)
Classical - Released by Naxos on 28 Apr 2008
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SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Nocturne and Tarantella
Classical - Released by Naxos on 13 Apr 2007
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TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto / Souvenir d'un lieu cher
Ilya Kaler, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 22 Feb 2007
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PAGANINI: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Ilya Kaler, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Gunzenhauser
Classical - Released by Naxos on 27 Jul 1993
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Violin Concerto in A Minor / The Seasons
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ilya Kaler, Ondrej Lenárd, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camilla Kolchinsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 27 Aug 1997
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Ysaye, E.: Violin Solo Sonatas, Op. 27
Classical - Released by Naxos on 5 Feb 2004
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Anton Dvořák : Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4, "Dumky", Vol. 1
Ilya Kaler, Amit Peled, Alon Goldstein
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 31 Mar 2014
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GLAZUNOV (THE BEST OF)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Ilya Kaler, Igor Golovschin, Alexander Anissimov, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camilla Kolchinsky
Symphonic Music - Released by Naxos on 31 Jul 2000
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PAGANINI (THE BEST OF)
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 20 May 1997
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GLAZUNOV / DVORAK: Violin Concertos in A Minor
Ilya Kaler, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camilla Kolchinsky
Classical - Released by Naxos on 10 Nov 1994
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Dvořák: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 – Nos. 1 & 2
Ilya Kaler, Amit Peled, Alon Goldstein, The Tempest Trio
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 8 Sep 2017
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BRAHMS: Double Concerto / SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto in A Minor
Maria Kliegel, Ilya Kaler, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Andrew Constantine
Cello Concertos - Released by Naxos on 21 Apr 1995
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SCHUMANN, R.: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 12 Apr 1994
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BRAHMS: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3, Opp. 78, 100 and 108
Ilya Kaler, Alexander Peskanov
Chamber Music - Released by Naxos on 8 Mar 2002
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Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Ilya Kaler, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit
Violin Concertos - Released by Naxos on 19 Apr 1997
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