Marc has been awarded the 2016 Rheingau Music Festival prize, worth €15,000. He will receive the award on 26 July during a winners’ concert at Schloss Johannisberg, near Frankfurt. In its citation, the Festival jury stated:
‘When one hears Marc Bouchkov playing one of the great Romantic violin concertos, one recalls the golden age of the violin virtuoso, in the tradition of Jascha Heifetz, Leonid Kogan and David Oistrakh.’ It also praised Bouchkov’s ‘seductive, espressivo sense of sound, coupled with flawless technique’, describing him as ‘both a modern and versatile player with an individual artistic personality’.
Marc plays Brahms’ Violin Concerto at the Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
After two periods of very successful performances as artist-in-residence of the Netherlands Philharmonic, playing Korngold's Violin Concerto under Lorenzo Viotti, and Stravinsky's Violin Concerto under Ryan Bancroft, Marc performs his third program this season on 3...