Anton Polezhayev
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P.Sarasate  Carmen-Fantasy after G. Bizet
P.Sarasate - Gipsy Air
F.Kreisler - "Liebesleid" (Love's Sorrow)
F.Kreisler -  "Liebesfreud"(Love's Joy)
J.Massenet -  Meditation from "Thais"
P.Tchaikovsky - Melody
C.Gluck - Dance Of The Blessed Spirits from "Orfeo"
C.Saint-Saens -Swan from Carnival Of The Animals
M.Bruch - Scottish Fantasy, Op.46
N.Paganini -Capriccio Op.1 #18
J.S.Bach - Adagio & Fugue from Sonata in G-minor
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Last updated  11-17-2008

As a soloist and recitalist Mr. Polezhayev was featured on the cover of Part 2 of Newsday on October 21, 1992 and New York Times January 18, 2004 and has
performed on radio and television. He has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras in US and his native Russia: New York Virtuosi, North Shore Symphony,
Brooklyn Philharmonic, Island Chamber Symphony. His credits also include performances at the International Concert Series at Hofstra University, the Tilles Center,
Alice Tully Hall in New York City, and numerous concert halls in Europe and Russia.
Mr. Polezhayev was educated at the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Mitchell Stern (1991-92), Albert Markov (1993-1999) and principal associate
concertmaster of New York Philharmonic Ms. Sheryl Staples (1999-2001).He also studied privately with Dorothy DeLay.
Mr. Polezhayev was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1976. He began his violin studies at the Central Music School of Moscow State Conservatory. His first teachers
were famed Galina Turchaninova, best known outside Russia as teacher of Maxim Vengerov and  M. Bezverhny . In 1990 Mr. Polezhayev’s family immigrated to the
United States, and became U.S. Citizens in 1996.
Violinist Anton Polezhayev won the “Grand Prix” and gold medal at the “International Violin Competition of Pierre
Lantier” in Paris France,in 1997. He was one of top prizewinners and finalist at the “Paganini International Violin
Competition” in Genoa, Italy, in 1998, and was a finalist at the San Francisco International String Competition of
E. M. Klein 1994. He has won numerous other competitions, awards and scholarships.
Mr. Polezhayev was a member of the New York Philharmonic from 2002 to 2004. Prior to the Philharmonic, he was
a member of New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from 2000 to 2002. Anton is also an associate concertmaster of the
New York Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra from 2004 to present.
In summer of 2006 he was invited by Maestro Valery Gergiev to perform with Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra as co-
principal for “Stars Of White Nights” Festival, St.Petersburg, Russia. In 2007 Anton was working as a "Soloist A"
with Orchestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Article Record Pilot, 08-18-1994
Article NY Times, 06-15-1997
Article Gold Coast Gazette, 06-19-1997
Article Record Pilot, 06-05-1997
Article Gold Coast Gazette, 10-04-1998
Article (In Italian) 10-04-1998
Article Record Pilot, 05 -06-1999
Article NY Times, 01-18-2004
Article Newsday 1,  2,  3,  4
Article (In Russian)  1,  2
Article Oyster Bay Guardian, 01-20-2006
J.S.Bach -         Adagio from Sonata G-minor        1:37

J.S.Bach -         Fugue from  Sonata G-minor        0:51

N.Paganini -     Capriccio Op.1 #18              
                   Video (3Mb) download                  2:01
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P.Sarasate -    Carmen Fantasy (after Bizet)        2:56

M.Bruch -         Scottish Fantasy, Op.46
           I   mov. -               2:07
          II  mov. -               0:39
          III mov. -               2:32
          IV mov. -               1:34

W.A.Mozart-    Concerto #5 A-major                       1:27

G.Gershwin-    2 songs from "Porgy And Bess"
Arr.J.Heifetz
                   Video (8.14 Mb) download              5:23
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