Vladislav Lavrik
Principal Trumpet

Vladislav Lavrik has become known as one of the most outstanding trumpeters of his generation in both the classical and jazz performance styles. Born in Zaporozhie, Ukraine in 1980, Lavrik was twice the winner of the Dokshitzer Competition of Young Trumpeters (1994 and 1996) and in 1994 won the Classical Heritage International Competition in Moscow. He was also a prizewinner in Moscow's International Festival of Young Soloists in 1997 and 1998. Since 2006, he has been a Yamaha Artist in Russia.

After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory in 2000, Lavrik joined the Russian National Orchestra. In 2001, at the age of 20, he was appointed Principal Trumpet, the youngest person to hold a principal chair in the history of the orchestra.

In addition to his extensive work with the RNO, Lavrik appears frequently as a guest soloist with other orchestras and ensembles, including Yuri Bashmet's Moscow Soloists and Constantine Orbelian's Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Lavrik is the leader of the RNO Brass Quintet.

His performances as featured soloist on the RNO's Summer 2002 US Tour earned rave reviews, the San Francisco Classical Voice declaring that he "displayed the kind of innate musicality that is beyond teaching."

During March 2008, Lavrik appeared as soloist with the U. S. Marine Band in what the conductor announced was the first time a Russian soloist had performed with the ensemble known as "The President's Own." He garnered a standing ovation with a performance of Alexander Arutiunian's Trumpet Concerto. He also participated as a judge of brass ensembles and taught master classes at the National Trumpet Competition in Fairfax, Virginia.

In September 2008 Lavrik completed a five-state US tour that featured an all-Russian recital program, a series of master classes, and a solo appearance with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Meyer. In reviewing the concert, North Carolina Classical Voice reported, "Lavrik is a no-nonsense, young (not yet 30) trumpet player with a fine technique. He showed a lot of musical sense in his interaction with the orchestra during the virtuoso piece. The counterpoint sections involving trumpet and woodwinds were especially fine."

In December 2008, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Lavrik performed the Shostakovich Concerto for Piano and Trumpet with Yefim Bronfman and the Moscow Soloists, conducted by Yuri Bashmet. Again in June 2009, he performed the Shostakovich Concerto with Denis Matsuev and Italian conductor Giancarlo De Lorenzo in Tyumen, Russia.

Solo repertoire and upcoming solo concerts can be found at lavrik-trumpet.ru

Press acclaim

Guest soloist for the evening was trumpeter Vladislav Lavrik who displayed accomplished musicianship and virtuosity in the Trumpet Concerto by Alexander Arutiunian. The showy cadenza written by the late Timofei Dokshizer was played with deceptive ease. Mr. Lavrik gave a sparkling sheen to his playing which kept the performance vivid.

The horn of Vlad Lavrik was pure, sonorous and soaring. George Gershwin ["Rhapsody in Blue" arranged by Timofei Dokshitzer for trumpet] sounds much different in this variation but not a bit less thrilling.

On this evening, trumpet player Vladislav Lavrik shone.

After a moment of shock, the audience embraced this decidedly Russian arrangement of the American classic ["Rhapsody in Blue" arranged by Timofei Dokshitzer for trumpet]. Lavrik's triumphant final notes drew a deserved ovation. At intermission, Napa Valley Symphony director Asher Raboy pronounced the rendition "great fun."

Vladislav Lavrik, the trumpet soloist, navigated the opening glissando with great panache. This "young man with a horn" proved that he would do just fine in any big city. Lavrik has a gorgeous sound, with tasteful use of the wa-wa mute, and displayed the kind of innate musicality that is beyond teaching.

With the RNO String Quartet	With the RNO in Nizhny Novgorod
Playing Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini	With Conductor Alexander Sladkovsky

Hear Vladislav Lavrik

	George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, arranged for trumpet by Timofei Dokschitzer, performed with the Russsian National Orchestra conducted by Carlo Ponti	7:10
	George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, arranged for trumpet by Timofei Dokschitzer (second version), performed with the Russsian National Orchestra conducted by Carlo Ponti	6:03
	Sergei Rachmaninov's Romances, performed with the Russian National Orchestra.	2:00
	Alexander Gedike's Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op 41, transcribed for trumpet and piano by the author. Performed on September 16, 2008 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, opening the season of the University of Alabama's Celebrity Concert Series. Pamela Gordon on piano. (review)	10:19