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Proclaimed "Artist of the Year" by
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Toronto Women's Musical
Club, and winner of the 2000 Young Canadian Musician Award, the year 2000
provided ample confirmation that young cellist Yegor Dyachkov, described as "extraordinarily
masterful and intense" (François Tousignant, Le Devoir, Montreal), is destined
to a brilliant career. Yegor Dyachov, "clearly a very polished and sensitive
cellist of great class" (Olivier Philipponnat, Paru.com), has drawn the praise
of audiences and critics at home and abroad for the intensity and richness of
his playing, his remarkably mature musicianship and the diversity of his
repertoire.
An inspired recitalist and chamber musician and respected orchestral soloist,
Mr. Dyachkov has performed throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada and
the United States (where he made his New York debut at the Lincoln Center in
October 2000). In addition to a concert schedule including invitations from such
noted ensembles as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra of Flanders, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, I Musici de Montreal, the
Nouvel Ensemble Moderne and the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, he has also performed
at a wide array of festivals such as those in Évian, Kronberg, Tanglewood,
Ottawa, Lanaudière and Vancouver. His performances have been broadcast and
televised in Canada and abroad.
These engagements have lead to many invaluable partnerships
with outstanding ensembles and interpreters. As member of the Arthur Leblanc String
Quartet (1999-2001) he gave fifty to sixty concerts
a year in North America and Japan. Committed to chamber music as a point of
reference, he has performed with the Arditti, Borromeo and St. Lawrence
Quartets, pianists Jean Saulnier, Lois Shapiro, Anton Kuerti and Stéphane
Lemelin, violonists Antje Weithaas and Scott St. John, cellist Steven Isserlis,
clarinetists Todd Palmer and André Moisan, and flautist Marina Piccinini.
Yegor Dyachkov's reserves a prominent place for contemporary music in his
repertoire. He was the soloist for the first French performance of Giya
Kancheli's Diplipito, and he premiered the Sonata dedicated to him by Jacques
Hétu as well as Menuhin: Présence written for him by the late André Prévost. He
has also been invited by Yo-Yo Ma and Sony Music to take part in the Silk Road
Project.
Born in Moscow in 1974, Yegor Dyachkov studied with Aleksandr Fedorchenko at the
Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and Yuli Turovsky at the University of Montreal. From
1995 to 1998, he enjoyed the rare privilege of being one of only two people to
study under Boris Pergamenschkov at the Hochschule in Cologne.
Although he continues to favour live performance, recording is a way to extend
his horizons. Winning the Orford International Competition in 1997 led to an
invitation from the Chandos label to record his debut CD featuring Glazunov's
Concerto Ballata. He subsequently made critically acclaimed recordings for the
Pelléas (Opus Prize 2001) and Brioso labels. The breadth of Yegor Dyachov's
musical commitment also extends to teaching master classes in which he inspires
young cellists with his articulate vision, technical precision and boundless
enthusiasm.
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