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# Roman Mints

Violin

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- [Homecoming Chamber Music Festival Highlights](https://romanmints.com/homecoming-chamber-music-festival-highlights/) - From its very first run in January of 1998 Homecoming International Chamber Music Festival has poised to become a truly unique world-level cultural phenomenon bringing together a number of successful Russian performing musicians who work all over the world. Amalgamated experience of Russian and international performing schools, generously shared by the new generation of the
- [Roman Mints • Violin](https://romanmints.com/roman-mints-violin/) - Born in 1976 in Moscow, Roman Mints began playing the violin at the age of five. In 1994 Roman Mints won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London.

## Pages

- [Biography](https://romanmints.com/bio/) - Roman Mints was born in 1976 in Moscow and began playing the violin at the age of five. In 1994 Roman won a Foundation Scholarship to the Royal College of Music
- [Роман МИНЦ (скрипка)](https://romanmints.com/роман-минц-скрипка/) - Родился в Москве. Начал обучение в ДМШ № 13 (класс Л. А. Светловой). Окончил МССМШ им. Гнесиных (класс Н. М. Фихтенгольц), Королевский музыкальный колледж в Лондоне (класс проф. Ф. Андриевского), затем аспирантуру Высшей школы музыки и драмы Гилдхолл (Лондон). Лауреат ряда премий и призов. Участвовал в международных фестивалях в Санкт-Петербурге, Москве, Плёсе, Париже, Лондоне, Кобленце
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- [Homecoming Chamber Music Festival](https://romanmints.com/work/homecoming-chamber-music-festival/) - The Homecoming Chamber Music Festival is an international cultural phenomenon bringing together successful Russian performing musicians from all over the world.
- [Recordings](https://romanmints.com/work/recordings/) - Violinist Roman Mints discography. Solo recordings, chamber music recordings, collaborative recordings. Classical Violin recordings.
- [Press](https://romanmints.com/press/) - Recording and concert reviews and interviews featuring violinist Roman Mints.
- [Press Reviews](https://romanmints.com/press/reviews/) - Press Reviews for violinist Roman Mints concerts and recordings.
- [Interviews](https://romanmints.com/press/interview/) - Interviews with violinist Roman Mints.
- [Work](https://romanmints.com/work/) - Violinist Roman Mints heads the Homecoming Chamber Music Festival, writes articles for major publications and has an extensive recording discography.
- [Writings](https://romanmints.com/work/writings/) - Published articles by violinist Roman Mints in esteemed international publications.
- [Contact](https://romanmints.com/contact/) - Contact Roman Mints via email.
- [Photo Galleries](https://romanmints.com/photos/) - Photographer Photo Galleries featuring violinist Roman Mints.
- [Videos](https://romanmints.com/videos/) - Videos featuring violinist Roman Mints in live performances, television appearances and more.

## Discography

- [Kol Nidre](https://romanmints.com/recording/kol-nidre/) - I recorded most of this album ten years ago as a birthday present for my father. For one reason and another I never for round to releasing it back then; but not I find that events in the world and in my life have turned my thoughts back to themes of Jewishness. It all began
- [Hindemith: Complete Works for Violin & Piano](https://romanmints.com/recording/hindemith-complete-works-for-violin-piano/) - Recorded for the first time on one album, this release features Hindemith’s complete works for violin and piano and the rarely recorded “Kleine Sonata” for Viola D’amore and piano. Hindemith’s reputation as a master composer, viola virtuoso and dominant pedagogue — who, being able to play practically every standard instrument (and a few non-standard ones),
- [Desyatnikov Sketches to Sunset, Russian Seasons](https://romanmints.com/recording/desyatnikov-sketches-to-sunset-russian-seasons/) - Featuring the mesmerizing and deeply beautiful music of Leonid Desyatnikov, one of today’s most treasured and frequently-performed living Russian composers, and including the world premiere recording of the 1992 work Sketches to Sunset, and the Russian Seasons. Supervised by the composer, the new recording features renowned violinist Roman Mints with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra and
- [Alfred Schnittke Works for Violin and Piano](https://romanmints.com/recording/alfred-schnittke-works-for-violin-and-piano/) - A new recording of Alfred Schnittke’s Works for Violin and Piano, Suite in Old Style for Viola D’Amore, Harpsichord and Percussion is released on Quartz Music on Friday 27 May. Featuring Roman Mints and his friend and colleague Katya Apekisheva, one of Europe’s most renowned pianists, the disc also features Olga Martynova on harpsichord, with Andrey
- [Mozetich | Langer | Schnittke](https://romanmints.com/recording/mozetich-langer-schnittke/) - Roman Mints, violin with: Maxim Rysanov, viola Kristine Blaumane, cello New Prague Sinfonia West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra Mikel Toms, conductor
- [Dance of Shadows](https://romanmints.com/recording/dance-of-shadows/) - A new release by the multi-award winning Russian violinist Roman Mints. Each piece on this recording has been chosen by the artist for very personal reasons. It includes the notable premiere of Dobrinka Tabakova's Spinning a Yarn, for violin and Russian Hurdy-Gurdy (kolesnaya lira) written especially by the composer for Roman Mints. The recording premieres
- [Transformations](https://romanmints.com/recording/transformations/) - 20th Century Works for Violin and Piano Roman Mints, violin Elena Chudinovich, piano
- [String Paths](https://romanmints.com/recording/dobrinka-tabakova-string-paths/) - ECM New Series presents the first full album devoted to the music of Dobrinka Tabakova, a composer born in Bulgaria in 1980 but raised from a young age in London. In Tabakova’s music – richly melodic, texturally sensuous, often emotionally radiant – there resides the new and the familiar, or rather the familiar within the
- [The Leaden Echo](https://romanmints.com/recording/the-leaden-echo/) - Leonid Desyatnikov https://youtu.be/GcjphZ70cz8 also featuring: Alexei Goribol, piano Anton Dressler, clarinet Anna Panina, violin Fedor Lednev, conductor Pavel Stepin, double bass Serj Poltavski, viola Evgeny Rumyantsev, cello Petr Kondrashin, cello Dmitri Sharov, trombone Yuri Kolosov, trombone Kirill Koloskov, trombone Dmitri Vlassik, timpani Asya Sorshneva, violin
- [Exodus](https://romanmints.com/recording/exodus/) - The innovative and provocative first album by the recently performed partnership of Paul Dunmall and Roman Mints. These two acclaimed creators and performers of new music have come together to produce an album that explores experimental and beautiful sound worlds. Paul Dunmall, saxophone Roman Mints, violin https://youtu.be/KWDp9cduZU0
- [Game Over](https://romanmints.com/recording/game-over/) - Works for Violin and Electronics A remarkable album of works written specially for the celebrated Russian violinist Roman Mints. Technical virtuosity and state-of-the-art electronic manipulation combine to produce a startling, atmospheric and highly original CD.
- [Landscape With Three People](https://romanmints.com/recording/elena-langer-landscape-with-three-people/) - A selection of chamber works by Elena Langer (b.1974, Moscow), notable for their playful counterpoint and delicate textures. The London-based composer delights in exploring the endless soundworlds of voices and instruments. 'Landscape With Three People' dates from 2013, with texts by poet Lee Harwood. Elena moved to London to complete her degrees first at the

## Editorials

- [Dance of Shadows Liner Notes](https://romanmints.com/writings/dance-of-shadows-liner-notes/) - Dance of Shadows • Roman Mints, violin Sound recording, which caused such a revolution in the performing arts, has also led inexorably to their crisis. Before recordings existed, there were only rare opportunities to hear any given piece, so comparing performances was no easy matter. A contemporary of Brahms’s would have been able to hear
- [The Strad](https://romanmints.com/writings/the-strad/) - Violinist Roman Mints on overcoming a career-threatening ganglion It’s a musician’s worst nightmare to wake up with a pain in his hand. I had devoted the whole of my conscious life from the age of five to a career as a professional violinist; there is nothing else I know how to do. If there was
- [BBC Music Magazine](https://romanmints.com/writings/bbc-music-magazine/) - The Russian violinist on championing the music of fellow countryman, Desyatnikov Violinist Roman Mints was recently in the somewhat unusual position of being able to ask for the composer’s opinion on a piece he was performing. Leonid Desyatnikov is a major figure in post-World War II Russian music but practically unknown in the West. Mints
- [Schnittke: Music for Violin and Piano Liner Notes](https://romanmints.com/writings/schnittke-music-for-violin-and-piano-liner-notes/) - Alfred Schnittke: Music for Violin and Piano • Roman Mints, violin The first time I heard Alfred Schnittke’s music was at children’s music school: it was his Suite in the Old Style, a fairly easy piece to play and understand, notably the Minuet. I remember that one of the teachers, hearing me play the Minuet,

## Interviews

- [London Cult](https://romanmints.com/interview/london-cult/) - One of the brightest and most original musicians of his generation, violinist Roman Mints has performed with dozens of renowned musicians and conductors, and his recordings have been released on leading labels. After the war began, Mints left Russia and returned to the United Kingdom, where he now teaches extensively and develops new projects. Today,
- [Snob Magazine](https://romanmints.com/interview/snob-magazine/) - 8 октября в Камерном зале Дома музыки Роман Минц, скрипач с репутацией интеллектуала, любящего выйти за рамки профессии, инициатор и автор программ фестиваля камерной музыки «Возвращение», названного Юрием Башметом «классическим андерграундом», музыкант, чья скрипка звучит на самых известных треках из киномузыки Леонида Десятникова, вместе с пианистом Яковом Кацнельсоном играет программу сонат Шумана, Яначека и Хиндемита.
- [Colta](https://romanmints.com/interview/colta/) - 6, 8, 10 и 12 января в Москве, как обычно, пройдут концерты фестиваля камерной музыки «Возвращение». За 18 лет своего существования из молодежного эксперимента, затеянного двумя выпускниками Гнесинской школы, он превратился в обязательную зимнюю часть программы любого уважающего себя интеллигентного меломана. Новость этого года — объявленный фестивалем краудфандинговый проект — стала поводом для встречи Екатерины
- [BBC Music Magazine](https://romanmints.com/interview/bbc-music-magazine/) - Violinist Roman Mints was recently in the somewhat unusual position of being able to ask for the composer’s opinion on a piece he was performing. Leonid Desyatnikov is a major figure in post-World War II Russian music but practically unknown in the West. Mints is detemined to change that. Q: Desyatnikov’s music is not well-known
- [Fanfare Magazine](https://romanmints.com/interview/fanfare-magazine/) - A new CD on the UK Quartz label, Dance of Shadows (QTZ 2013), brings together an intriguing program for solo violin: Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonata, op. 27/2, Obsession (1923); the Tango-Étude No. 2 by Piazzolla (1987); Schnittke’s homage A Paganini (1982); and Silvestrov’s Postlude No. 2 (1981–82), which suitably brings up the rear. And there’s a

## News Items

- [Sun Triptych Wins 2026 BBC Music Magazine Premiere Award](https://romanmints.com/news/sun-triptych-nominated-for-2026-bbc-music-award/) - Roman Mints' recording with Maxim Rysanov, Dasol Kim, and the BBC Concert Orchestra on ECM devoted to the music of Dobrinka Tabakova, Sun Triptych, has won the 2026 BBC Music Magazine Premiere Award! Bulgarian-British composer Dobrinka Tabakova’s Sun Triptych on ECM, featuring violist Maxim Rysanov, pianist Dasol Kim, violinist Roman Mints, cellist Kristina Blaumane and the BBC Concert Orchestra,
- [New Album: Kol Nidre](https://romanmints.com/news/new-album-kol-nidre/) - I recorded most of this album ten years ago as a birthday present for my father. For one reason and another I never for round to releasing it back then; but not I find that events in the world and in my life have turned my thoughts back to themes of Jewishness. It all began
- [John Zorn: Kol Nidre](https://romanmints.com/news/john-zorn-kol-nidre/) - Performing John Zorn's “Kol Nidre” with Kristina Blaumane. Video by Thea Spector and Sound Production by Pavel Bogatyrenko. Also featuring Pavle Tabagari, Manana Abzianidze, Fedor Ovchinnikov, Maria Ovchinnikova, Eduard Oganezov, Dachi Mtvaradze. With special thanks to Varvara Turova, Sofiko Berulava, Zhora Dzagnidze, Dima Koloskov, Kirill Kovalev, Geo Naljan.
- [JERUSALEM OF GOLD / ירושלים של זהב](https://romanmints.com/news/jerusalem-of-gold/) - 35 leading musicians from different parts of the world play the famous Israeli song in support of Israel. Written by Naomi ShemerArranged by Alexey KurbatovDirector: Igor GorskySound Producer: Pavel BogatyrenkoProducer: Roman Mints violinsNadia Artamonova, Alena Baeva, Petr Bobrovskiy, Boris Brovtsyn, Benjamin Marquise Gilmore, Ilya Gringolts, Lev Iomdin, Tania Koychurenko, Alissa Margulis, Roman Mints, Sergey Ostrovsky,
- [New Hindemith Album with Alexander Kobrin](https://romanmints.com/news/new-hindemith-album-with-alexander-kobrin/) - Roman Mints joins pianist Alexander Kobrin for the first recording of Hindemith's complete violin works and the rarely recorded “Kleine Sonata” for Viola D’amore and piano.
- [New Album. Desyatnikov Sketches to Sunset, Russian Seasons](https://romanmints.com/news/696/) - A new world premiere recording of Desyatnikov Sketches To Sunset together with Russian Seasons is released on Quartz Music. Featuring Roman Mints accompanied by the BRNO Philarmonic Orchestra and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, the disc features the first ever symphonic recording of Leonid Desyatnikov’s Sketches to Sunset, supervised and authorised by the composer. Conducted by
- [New album of Schnittke's music for violin and piano](https://romanmints.com/news/671/) - New double album of Schnittke's works for violin and piano with pianist Katya Apekisheva is going to be released on http://quartzmusic.com end of May (beginning of May in USA). The album also features harpsichordist Olga Martynova and percussionists Andrey Doynikov and Dmitri Vlassik in rarely performed version of Suite in Old Style for viola d'amore, harpsichord and percussion.
- [Schnittke CD Prelaunch in Moscow](https://romanmints.com/news/schnittke-cd-prelaunch-in-moscow/)
- [Classical At Kings Place](https://romanmints.com/news/classical-at-kings-place/) - Roman Mints & Katya Apekisheva Music / Thursday, 26 May 2016 - 7:30pm / Hall One Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955) Wie der Alte Leiermann for violin and piano (1997) Schubert Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, D385 Schnittke Violin Sonata No. 1 (1963) Schumann Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 Roman
- [Short Film by Elena Brodach](https://romanmints.com/news/short-film-by-elena-brodach/) - A short film by Elena Brodach with soundtrack by Dobrinka Tabakova performed by Roman Mints, Maria Vlasova and Pavel Stepin will be shown at Cannes Film Festival.
- [Upcoming Brahms Trios](https://romanmints.com/news/upcoming-brahms-trios/) - Upcoming concert of Brahms trios with Katya Apekisheva and Kristina Blaumane! Ticket Sales

## Photo Galleries

- [© Karina Gradusova](https://romanmints.com/gallery/karina-gradusova/) - Roman Mints photos by photographer Karina Gradusova
- [© Alexander Panov](https://romanmints.com/gallery/alexander-panov/)
- [© Pavel Smertin](https://romanmints.com/gallery/pavel-smertin-gallery/) - Live Roman Mints photography by photographer Pavel Smertin.
- [© Bruce Fleming](https://romanmints.com/gallery/bruce-fleming-gallery/) - Photography of violinist Roman Mints by photographer Bruce Fleming.
- [© Svetlana Minaeva](https://romanmints.com/gallery/svetlana-minaeva/) - Photos by photographer Svetlana Minaeva
- [© Nina Ai-Artyan](https://romanmints.com/gallery/nina-ai-artyan/) - Roman Mints photos by photographer Nina Ai-Artyan
- [© Dmitri Yaroslavtsev](https://romanmints.com/gallery/dmitri-yaroslavtsev/) - Roman Mints photos by photographer Dmitri Yaroslavtsev