Gleb Stepanov - biography and concert activity

Gleb Stepanov is a Russian cellist. Classical music lovers know him as a talented young performer.

Biography

The future cellist was born in Leningrad, shortly before perestroika, in 1987. From early childhood, attended concerts held at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Music lessons began even before entering the school in preparatory piano classes.

In 1995, he entered the St. Petersburg Children's Art School on Petrogradskaya, in the class of Irina Nikolaevna Bogdanovich. She was a leading teacher in the cello class in the city, a student of the legendary professor S. M. Kozolupov. Later, Gleb Stepanov entered the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory, in the class of Professor Lev Borisovich Evgrafov. After graduating from the Central School of Music, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory, in the class of People's Artist of the USSR, Professor Natalia Grigoryevna Gutman, and then graduated from an assistant internship in her class. Of great importance for the musician were classes in the chamber ensemble classes by Professor V. M. Skanavi, the string quartet by Professor D. V. Shebalin and in the piano class by Professor V. A. Korobov.

Passion for aviation

In many interviews, the musician talks about his interest in aviation - he is interested in this area and is glad that a lot of things in his life and professional activity are connected with flights. He is familiar with many people who work in aviation, and has repeatedly visited the flying club.

Since the musician has to fly a lot, as a passenger he traveled on almost all types of aircraft currently in operation. However, for flights in Russia, he prefers only domestic-made aircraft.

Rare instrument

If we dwell in more detail on the cello, then today the musician plays a rare instrument. Gleb Stepanov's cello from the collections of the State Collection. It was made in Italy at the end of the 18th century.

All the years that Gleb has been playing the cello by Marco Novello (Italy), he has to put in a lot of money to keep her in good working condition. With this instrument, necessary for concert and touring activities, he visited more than 100 cities of Russia and previously toured in many countries of the world.

Crimean festival

The idea of ​​creating this event came to Gleb by itself. During performances in 2010 on the peninsula, the cellist noted that the level of musical life on it is too low. Meanwhile, the Crimean audience very warmly welcomed the first Crimean music festival in 2011. In the first year, a variety of music sounded from the scenes, from Bach to contemporary compositions. The program consisted of chamber, symphonic and instrumental works.

In addition, in recent years, the music festival includes creative meetings and master classes from legendary performers. World stars and professors from the Moscow conservatories and music academies willingly perform on it. They conduct master classes. All concerts are held on a charitable basis, so that all music lovers can listen to performances for free. The festival is held thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the government of Sevastopol.

Concert activity

The famous cellist gives concerts not only in Crimea. He often visits different cities of Russia and the world. During his studies, he was a scholarship holder of the M.L. Rostropovich Foundation. Repeatedly participated in the chamber music subscriptions of the Moscow Conservatory - a project by professors N. G. Gutman, E. K. Virsaladze, I. M. Kandinskaya, uniting young musicians and recognized stage masters.

Gleb Stepano conducts not only solo concerts. The musician often collaborates with various symphony and chamber orchestras, performing instrumental concerts and other works for cello and orchestra. Among his foreign performances over the past years are concerts in Paris, Vienna, Barcelona, ​​Prague, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Brussels, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and other cities.