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| Xavier Phillips |
| A | D (non-exclusive) | EE |
| Born | |
| France | |
| Studies | |
| France | |
| Highlights | |
| New York Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor: M. Rostropovich | Grand Prix du Disque |
Filarmonica della Scala | |
| Prizes | |
| 2nd Prize and Special Prize Jeunesse Musicales in Belgrad | Special Prize Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow | 3rd Prize Rostropovich Competition | 1st Prize Helsinki Cello Competition | |
| Recordings | |
| EMI Classics | Warner Classics | Auvidis Valois | Harmonia mundi | |
| Short Biography | |
| Xavier Phillips was born in Paris and begins to study the cello at the age of 6. Later he enters the CNSM of Paris in Philippe Muller’s class. He wins several international prizes (Second Prize and Special Prize at musical Youths of Belgrade, Special Prize at the Tchaïkovski Competition in Moscow, Third Prize and Special Prize at the Rostropovitch Competition in Paris and First Prize by unanimous decision at the 1st Competition of Helsinki). He quickly was invited to perform on the largest international scenes with prestigious orchestras (Orchestre National de France, Philharmonique de Radio France, Berliner Symphoniker, Houston Symphony, BBC Scottish Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Filarmonica della Scala) on the invitation of famous conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Christoph Eschenbach, James Conlon, Marek Janowski, Serge Baudo, Vladimir Fedosseyev, Ion Marin, Kazushi Ono, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Eliahu Inbal, Georges Prêtre, Vladimir Spivakov. His eclectic and varied discography is greeted by critics; he obtains a “Choc” decreed by the magazine Le Monde de la Musique for the following recordings: Kodaly (Harmonia Mundi/Lontano ) with his brother Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabedian, “Works for Cello & Orchestra “(Lalo, Fauré, Caplet at EMI - Classics), Sonates of Schnittke, Chostakovitch and Prokofiev with the pianist Hüseyin Sermet (Harmonia Mundi), as well as the Grand Prix du Disque for Alberic Magnard’s chamber music (Auvidis Valois). In April 2007, “Armenia”, a CD devoted to the Armenian music with Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian and Vahan Mardirossian was published at Warner Classics. Xavier Phillips plays on a Matteo Gofriller cello dated 1710, a loan from a sponsor, the coffee brand “Blue de Brazil”. 2008/2009 If you wish to revise this biography, please contact Mark Stephan Buhl Artists Management. Please use material of the current season only. | |
