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’.
The residency at the Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra continues this month
Named artist-in-residence last season, Marc is performing with the orchestra for the second time this season. The first concert of the residency saw him performing Korngold's Violin Concerto under Lorenzo Viotti, now he will play Stravinsky's Violin Concerto on...
