Viacheslav Dinerchtein, Viola

Biography

Born in Minsk, Viacheslav Dinerchtein emigrated to
Mexico in 1991.  He has appeared as a soloist with orchestra as well as
in recitals throughout the US, Canada, Mexico and much of Latin America,
including venues such as the Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Carnegie
Hall (NY), Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City), Sociedad Filarmónica
de Lima (Perú), and the Teatro Colon de Bogota (Colombia), among
others.  He has been a guest performer at the Bach International
Festival (Peru), Niagara Music Festival (Canada), Spoleto Music Festival
(Italy), Camarissima Music Festival (Mexico City), Otono Internacional
(Mexico City), and others. 

He has served as a soloist for the U.S. State Department and been
featured in TV and radio broadcasts.  His collaborations with noted
Curtis Institute professor Victor Danchenko  resulted in the recording
of duets for violin and viola for Urtext Digital Classics.  Dinerchtein
also premiered the viola version of Bartok's 44 Duets for Two Violins
with Roland Vamos of Northwestern University at the 36th International
Viola Congress.  He appeared again as a recitalist at the 37th
International Viola Congress in South Africa. 

Mr. Dinerchtein began his musical studies with his father, Boris
Dinerchtein, and continued his training with Joseph de Pasquale
(Masters; Peabody Conservatory), and Roland Vamos (Doctorate, teaching
assistant; Northwestern University).  He resides with his wife in
Switzerland.

George Lepauw began his studies at the Rachmaninov
Conservatory in Paris, France at the age of three, and soon after, was
accepted by Madame Aida Barenboim as her youngest student with the
exception of her son, pianist and conductor, Daniel Barenboim. He went
on to study with Russian virtuoso, Elena Varvarova who prepared him for
his first public concert at the age of ten in Paris, performing
Beethoven sonatas.  He also worked under the tutelage of Maria Curcio, a
disciple of the great Arthur Schnabel, Rena Cherechevskaia, and
Vladimir Krainev.

Mr. Lepauw obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown
University with a double major in English Literature and History and
received his Masters of Music in Piano Performance at Northwestern
University, where he studied piano with Ursula Oppens and James Giles,
harpsichord with Stephen Alltop, organ with Margaret Kemper, and
conducting with Victor Yampolsky.  An avid chamber musician, he often
partners with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in chamber music
performances.  In the 2008/09 season, Mr. Lepauw formed The Beethoven
Project Trio along with violinist Sang Mee Lee and cellist Wendy Warner,
to perform the World Premiere of a newly discovered piano trio by
Beethoven.