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biography
 Cellist
Ian Maksin has been described by the critics as one of the most passionate and
versatile players of his generation. He gave his first cello recital at the age
of six in his native St. Petersburg, Russia. Mr. Maksin has performed as a
soloist and as a part of chamber ensembles throughout Russia, Europe, and the
Americas. In the United States, he
has given critically acclaimed performances in New York City, Boston, Miami,
Chicago, San Francisco, and many other major cities.
Mr.
Maksin has appeared in chamber music recitals with such artists as Paula
Robison, Andres Diaz, Sergiu Schwartz, The Miami String Quartet, St. Laurence
String Quartet, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, and many others. He has performed in
the chamber music series at the Spoleto USA festival in Charleston, Lyric
Mountain Festival in Pittsburgh, Summit Music Festival in New York, the Norfolk
Music Festival of the Yale University, the Lancaster Music Festival, and the
White Nights Music Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, to name a few.
Several
of Mr. Maksin’s live performances and interviews have been broadcast on
National Public Radio and its affiliate stations throughout the Unites States.
Mr. Maksin has appeared as a concerto soloist with numerous orchestras
throughout the United States and Europe and has been the winner of several
competitions, including the New World Symphony Competition and the Westmoreland
Young Artist Competition.
Ian
Maksin is an avid advocate of new music and has premiered and recorded numerous
works by contemporary composers, including a critically acclaimed album
“Sculpting Clouds” with Ibis Camerata which featured works by Eric Ewazen,
which came out on Albany Records in 2007. Also,
in 2006 he recorded on the album “Clocks” music by Miguel de Aguila with the
celebrated Cuarteto Latinoamericano.
In 2000, Ian Maksin
was invited to become member of the New World Symphony, America’s foremost
orchestra for young musicians from around the world directed by Michael Tilson
Thomas. During his years with the orchestra, Mr. Maksin has performed as the
principal cello and appeared as a concerto soloist under the direction of such
conductors as Michael Tilson Thomas, Hans Graf, Andreas Delfs, Donald Runnicles,
Zdenek Macal, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Yan Pascal Tortelier, John Adams, Lukas
Foss and many others.
Besides the New World Symphony, Mr. Maksin
has been frequently invited as a guest principal cellist to perform and record
with numerous chamber orchestras including the Atlantic Classical Orchestra in
West Palm Beach, Erato Chamber Orchestra and Chicago Virtuosi Orchestra in
Chicago, Spoleto USA Orchestra in
Charleston, SC, as well as many others.
In April 2008 he just completed a recording project with the Pro Corde
Consort which will be out later this year.
In 2006, Mr. Maksin
has joined the piano clarinet quartet Ibis Camerata. The group has been
performing and touring extensively to a great critical acclaim. He has recently
become more and more active as a composer himself. He has composed and produced
several independent film soundtracks, one of them nominated at the Philadelphia
International Film Festival.
Besides classical music, Mr. Maksin has been part of many performances and
recording projects with such artists as P Diddy, Gloria Estefan, Andrea Bocelli,
Cirque du Soleil, Meredith Monk, Phillip Glass, Barry Gibb of the former Bee
Gees, and many others. In the
Summer of 2008, Ian Maksin will be joining the Chicago-based “Butterfly
Assasins” on their USA tour, including a performance at the Summerfest in
Wisconsin. He will also be appearing at the Lollapalooza Music Festival with the
Swedish folk singer Sofia Talvik.
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