Sergey Antonov's first appearance with CMFoNE was in May 2005, when he took part in our first International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition performing with pianist Alexandra Matvievskaya, as the Libero Duo ensemble, subsequently winning first prize in their age category. Sergey has been a regular staff performer with the 2006-2007 Chamber Music Foundation of New England's (CMFoNE) concert series.
In the summer of 2007, Sergey became one of the youngest cellists to win a Gold medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. He has circled the globe, performing concerts in Japan, Korea, Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, United Arab Emirates and the US. He performs extensively with the most prominent orchestras, in the most prestigious halls of Russia, his home country, under the management of the Moscow Philharmonic with whom he holds a five year soloist contract.
This summer Sergey had made his American debut at the Newport Music Festival followed by solo recitals at Estivales de musique en medoc 2008 in Bordeaux, France, concerts in Savonlinna, Finland as well as in St. Petersburg, Russia. In July, he performed a live concert on the Boston's radio show "Classics in the Morning" with Cathy Fuller on WGBH 89.7 FM.
Highlights of his 2008 season included a 10-concert tour of Japan and Korea in January/February, culminating with performances of the Brahms Double Concerto in Moscow's Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Other performances included appearances with the Petrozavodsk Symphony, chamber music collaborations with the Lyrica Chamber Music Series as their "Young Artist of the Year", and the Chamber Music Foundation of New England. He gave solo concerts in Trieste, Italy and chamber music concerts in Dubai, that were followed by concerts at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in performance of the Schumann cello concerto with Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra . After his performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Moscow Philharmonic in its "Stars of The 21st Century" series, a critic wrote "…[Antonov] is …unique…from a different world...a musician who has his own inner space…a performer, who turns each phrase, every deeply felt sound into an event of his own inner monologue…with such consciously developed nuances, sensitivity, such concentration in combination with the feeling of drama…"
(Marina Borisova, Daily Telegraph, No.91, Moscow, Russian Federation. May, 20, 2008).
For more information about Sergey visit his website at www.sergeyantonov.com.