Photo report from the concert of Andrey Gridchuk, principal violist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra, in Kaliningrad

On September 12, the Kaliningrad Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Mikhail Kirchhoff, performed Jacob’s Dream concerto by composer Baruch Berliner as part of a concert series held under the auspicies of the Kaliningrad College of Music. The event featured Andrey Gridchuk, principal violist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

As a member of the Moscow Soloists ensemble, Mr. Gridchuk appeared at the world’s most renowned venues, until victories in two viola competitions—the 1984 All-Union Viola Competition in the USSR in 1984 and the 1989 Maurice Vieux International Viola Competition in Orléans—paved the way for his distinguished solo career. In 1994, he became the principal violist of the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra, where he continues to work to this day.

Since then, Mr. Gridchuk has become a sought-after soloist, performing worldwide with orchestras such as the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphoniker Hamburg, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra, Weimar Staatskapelle, and English Chamber Orchestra, among others.

His collaborations have included conductors such as Rudolf Barshai, Yuri Bashmet, Marco Boemi, Kent Nagano, Krzysztof Penderecki, Christian Thielemann, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ulf Schirmer, Riccardo Chailly, Marek Janowski, and Roman Kofman.

We are pleased to share photographs from this concert taken by the talented photographer Ksenia Shevkoplyas.