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CAREER HISTORY:
Anastasia Chebotareva was born in Odessa, Ukraine. She started the violin at the age of five. Three years later, her exceptional talent was discovered by the famous professor Irina Bochkova, who was a student and follower of the legendary Yuri Yankelevich.
EDUCATION: Anastasia finished the Moscow Central Music School (eleven classes) at the Moscow Conservatory named after P. I .Tchaikovsky (1996), and graduated from the postgraduate courses at the same institution (1999), consistently following the traditional Russian Method.
The creative formation of the young musician was greatly influenced by meetings with outstanding musicians: Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich (lessons and master classes), who distinguished Anastasia's unusual aptitude, made rapturous comments on her performances and forecast her brilliant musical future. The results of the efforts applied by the pedagogues were not awaited for long: Chebotareva was sixteen when she had her international debut with tours in Italy, UK, France and Germany. Anastasia became a soloist of the Moscow State Philharmonic when she was a second-year student of the Moscow Conservatory.
In addition to her touring activities, Anastasia Chebotareva also performs in charity concerts and conducts master classes in different countries; she is a member of international competition juries as well as a soloist of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic. She was named a Merited Artist of Russia in 2004.
Anastasia has taught the Russian Method at the Moscow Conservatory since 1999, and she was a visiting professor at the Kurashiki Sakuyo University in Japan from 2000 until 2007. Chebotareva takes a unique style of performing between Russia and Japan, as well as throughout the world.
REPERTOIRE: The wide-ranging repertoire of Anastasia Chebotareva includes about 40 concertos for violin with orchestra, numerous solo programs, works created in diverse epochs and styles.

MAJOR ARTISTIC WORKS:
TOURS: Anastasia Chebotareva carries on a dynamic concert activity, makes tours in different continents and countries. The violin player's performances were of tremendous success in prestigious concert halls of the world: the Royal Albert Hall (London), Beethoven Hall (Berlin), Wiener Konzerthaus and Bruchnerhaus (Austria), Suntory Hall (Tokyo), Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Hall, Osaka Symphony Hall (Osaka), Megaro Hall (Athens), Seoul Art Center Hall (Seoul), Melbourne Blackwood Hall (Melbourne), G.Verdi Hall (Milan), the Great Halls of the Moscow Conservatory and St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the St. George Hall of the Kremlin Palace, and many others.
Anastasia made recordings on TV and radio in Russia, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Spain, Japan, South-African Republic, Austria, USA and other countries.
She took part in the music for several dramas and shows such as Fuji Television's "Sonagi" (2002), and the main theme of NHK's daily drama "Hiiro no Kioku (Hero's Memories)" in 2003. In the Fuji Television's 45th anniversary drama "Violin Crossing the Strait", Anastasia appeared as a role of a violinist.
COOPERATION: Anastasia performs with world-famous conductors and appears as a soloist with the best Russian and international symphony and chamber orchestras, such as the Tchaikovsky State Academic Great Symphony Orchestra directed by Vladimir Fedoseev, the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic directed by Yuri Temirkanov, the Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra directed by Vladimir Ashkenasi, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra directed by Christoph Eberle, and many others.
CD, TV, AND RADIO RECORDINGS: Anastasia has recorded a series of compact discs that have become bestsellers.
2000 - "Carmen - Fantasie"; collection of violin miniature masterpieces.
2001 - "Souvenir de Moscou"; Russian violin music album.
2002 - "Andaluza con passion";Spanish virtuoso violin music album.
2002 - "Arco"; album of music to Japanese motion-picture film recorded together with the Japan NHK Symphony Orchestra.
2003 - "Portrait de Fantasie"; album of French violin music masterpieces.
2003 - P. Tchaikovsky and F. Mendelssohn Concertos with the Russian Symphony Orchestra.
2004 - "Tema D'amore Cinema Collection"; album of music to world-known motion-picture films.
2005 - "Valse de fleur"; Russian violin music album.
2005 - "Zigeunerweisen ~ Romantic Virtuoso"; album recorded with the Russian Symphony Orchestra.
2007 - "Anastasia Violin Best" (DVD).

According to information of such musical editions as "String", "Records Geijutsu", "Chopin", "Ongaku-no-Tomo", Anastasia's CDs enjoy great, unfailing popularity among classical music admirers with top places in ratings.

PRIZES AND AWARDS:
While being at school, Anastasia participated in the Paganini International Competition in Genoa (Italy) where she became a laureate. The Competition was followed with her successful tours in Europe and Asia. The next year brought a new victory to the artist: she became a laureate at the International Juventus Festival in France. In 1992, she won the First Prize and all Special Prizes at the International R. Lipizer Competition in Gorizia (Italy). The real great success came to her in 1994 when she became a top prizewinner of the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. In 2004, Anastasia was named a Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.

PUBLICATIONS:
MASS MEDIA, COMMENTS: The creative path of Anastasia Chebotareva is widely covered in foreign press; highly-competent musical critics write about her. Here are only some of the headings of newspaper articles: "The Great Favorite", "Triumph of the Russian School", "Fabulous Anastasia", "Stratospheric Russian Chebotareva", "Anastasia, whose Art is Worth Gold", etc.
"Chebotareva is one of the most brilliant and talented representatives of the Russian Performance School."
"Carriere della Sera" (Italy)
The violin player's talent is commented by famous musicians:
"Anastasia Chebotareva is distinguished with a surprisingly beautiful sound and complete freedom of violin mastery. This is a gifted, deeply feeling and thinking musician with the bright, distinct individuality."
Viktor Tretiakov, Prof., USSR People's Artist
"Performance of Anastasia Chebotareva captivates with exclusive poetry, delicate artistic sensibility, sparkling mastery and bright temperament."
Yuri Bashmet, Prof., USSR People's Artist

(as of March, 2008)