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Biography
I was born in 1979 in the Soviet Union. Both my parents at that time were involved with social and philosophical studies. No one of them or anybody else from my relatives was a professional musician. But I think my parents' connection to the world of ethics, logic and epistemology influenced me and the music I like to play. I think I was a happy kid - happy and interested in everything. I felt that the world was opened to me, and I was searching for my place in it.
I guess I found it when I was seven years old. It was the guitar. My father bought it for me. It was a small guitar for a small boy! I was really happy to start studying music, and I played my guitar seriously and deligently. I composed a lot for my small guitar, sometimes chasing my relatives to show a new piece I had written.
I appreciate very much my first teachers – Valery Emelyanov and Elena Bondarenko (successors of Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy). They taught me to be an artist, and love the instrument I play. Since first days of playing guitar, I knew that I would be a professional musician and performer. How did I know that? I have no idea. As I said before, maybe it's because of my before-life... Anyway, my next teacher who left a profound impact on my professional career was Oleg Nazarenko,who studied music as a student of Alexander Ivanov-Kramskoy. Oleg Nazarenko was the one who gave me an inspiration to follow my fate.
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Biography
David Starobin's performances and recordings have earned the native New Yorker prominence in the world of classical music. Composers including Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Poul Ruders, Gunther Schuller and Milton Babbitt have dedicated new works to him, producing a repertoire of more than three hundred new pieces. Starobin has performed these works throughout the world, collaborating with ensembles including The New York Philharmonic, National Symphony, Houston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Emerson Quartet, Guarneri Quartet, Copenhagen Radio Orchestra and Odense Symphony Orchestra.
David Starobin's solo recordings have received honors from journals ranging from Guitar Player to Gramophone. His CD, "Newdance", received a Grammy nomination as "Best Classical Solo Recording", and won the Association for Independent Music's "Indie Award" for best classical CD of 1999. In 1981, David Starobin founded Bridge Records, Inc.. Starobin's work for Bridge as guitarist, producer and executive producer has earned Mr. Starobin five Indie Awards and eleven Grammy nominations.
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