YABLONSKY, DMITRY Dmitry Yablonsky was born in 1962 into a musical family. His mother, Oxana Yablonskaya, is a highly regarded
concert pianist, and his father is a principal oboist with the Moscow Radio and Television Orchestra. He entered the
Central School of Music for Gifted Children in Moscow at the age of six, and at the age of nine made his orchestral
début with Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major. In 1977, he and his mother emigrated to the United States, where he
studied at the Juilliard School of Music, the Curtis Institute, and Yale University. His principal cello teachers have
been Isaak Buravsky, Stefan Kalianov, Aldo Parisot and Zara Nelsova.
Dmitry Yablonsky has performed in many
prestigious venues throughout the world, including La Scala, Milan, the Concertgebouw in the Netherlands, the
Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, and St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, in addition to numerous appearances in
the United States, including concerts at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. He has appeared in collaboration with
major orchestras and conductors, and together with chamber music partners of distinction. His interest in conducting
began at Yale, when he studied with Otto-Werner Müller and also with Yuri Simonov. He made his debut as a
conductor in 1990 with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome. In 1999 he was named Principal Guest Conductor of
the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. He has appeared as guest conductor with orchestras in Europe and in the Far
East, and was for three years Principal Guest Conductor of the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. In 1998 he founded
the summer Puigcerda Festival on the French-Spanish border, and in 2002 became Principal Conductor of the
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. His many recordings, both as a cellist and as a conductor, include a number of
releases for Naxos. He plays a Matteo Goffriller cello that was made in 1690.
For more information, please visit the website http://www.dmitryyablonsky.com
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