Yuri Bondarev
Biography
As a soloist and chamber musician, Yuri Bondarev has performed at notable venues including the Vienna Musikverein, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. During the 2009/10 season, he made his debut at the Leipzig Gewandhaus and Milan’s Sala Verdi, performing Béla Bartók’s Viola Concerto under the direction of Kirill Stankow.
Bondarev is regularly invited as a guest principal violist by leading German orchestras. His chamber music activities include performances with the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Quartet and a several-year tenure with the Scardanelli Quartet in Hamburg.
In addition to his active concert career, Yuri Bondarev gives international masterclasses and teaches at the Anton Rubinstein Music Academy. He has released a CD with Italian pianist Gabriele Leporatti on the Etera Classics label.
Born in St. Petersburg into a musical family, he began his musical studies with Savelij Shalman and Elena Komarova. He pursued further viola studies at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin and the University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig with Tatjana Masurenko, where he completed his concert exam.
Initial orchestral experience was gained with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic. Since 2009, Yuri Bondarev has held the position of deputy principal violist with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra.
Yuri Bondarev plays a viola made by Jürgen Manthey.
