KAZINO to Welcome Alexander and Albert Markov for Father's Day Concert, 6/16

KAZINO will host a very special father's day concert with virtuoso violinist Alexander Markov and his father, the legendary Albert Markov on Sunday, June 16th at 6pm. Dinner will be served to all guests. Tickets will be priced at $100, with VIP seating available for $150. All guests will be served a full dinner. For tickets, visit www.kazinonyc.com.

KAZINO (West 13th Street and Washington Street) is a brand-new 200 seat supper club in the heart of New York's meatpacking district created to house the hit production of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812, which plays eight performances a week at the venue through September 1. Fashioned as an opulent and intimate Russian supper club, KAZINO transports audiences to another place and time for a lavish, one-of-a-kind experience.

Internationally celebrated violinist ALEXANDER MARKOV has been hailed as one of the most captivating musicians now before the public. Lord Yehudi Menuhin wrote, "He is without doubt one of the most brilliant and musical of violinists . . . Alexander Markov will certainly leave his mark on the music-lovers of the world and in the annals of the violin virtuosi of our day." Gold Medal winner at the Paganini International Violin Competition, Mr. Markov has appeared as a soloist with some of the world's most celebrated orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the BBC and the Montreal Symphonies, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the BBC Symphony, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony. He has worked with with major conductors of our day, including Neeme Jarvi, Christoph Eschenbach and Ivan Fischer. Markov has also shared concerts with such luminaries as Martha Argerich. Mr. Markov has established a reputation second-to-none in the 19th-century virtuoso repertoire. His CD release and the video of the 24 Paganini Caprices for solo violin, directed by the legendary film director Bruno Monsaingeon, caused a sensation, and as a result he recorded five more CDs for the Erato/Warner Classics. Markov remains one of the very few violinists in the world who performs the entire set of the 24 Paganini Caprices in a single recital, and he is featured in the internationally-acclaimed film about great violinists "The Art of Violin," also directed by Bruno Monsaingeon. In 2006 Warner released a long-awaited DVD of the 24 Paganini Caprices which instantly became one of the best-selling classical DVDs on the Amazon charts. Many of the Caprices were posted by fans around the world on YouTube and some of the clips have hundreds of thousands hits. Alexander Markov's musical journey takes him far beyond his activity as a classical violin soloist. He has composed "Rock Concerto," an original composition collaborating with James V. Remington, who also designed for him a new six-string electric violin. The new patented instrument, the only one of its kind in the world, has a unique sound and the most enormous dynamic range from soft and sweet to the monstrous and powerful. (Markov plays it through a Marshall amp.) "Rock Concerto" is a crossover epic which features Markov's performance on the new electric violin and his rock band, accompanied by a symphony orchestra and a chorus. The musicians in his band are some of the most celebrated artists in the rock world, and tickets to "Rock Concerto" concerts are sold-out weeks in advance. Markov's vision is to bridge a gap between classical and rock audiences and attracting many young people who would otherwise never go to a symphony. Awarded a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1987, Mr. Markov made his New York debut recital at Carnegie Hall. Alexander Markov was born in Moscow and studied violin with his father, concert violinist Albert Markov. By the time he was eight years old, he was already appearing as a soloist with orchestras and performing double concertos with his father. Markov emigrated to the U.S. with his parents and received his United States citizenship in 1982.

ALBERT MARKOV immigrated to the United States from Russia in 1975 and made his sensational debut with the Houston Symphony in May, 1976, prompting a New York Times reviewer to write: "The audience roared approval, coming to its feet for three standing ovations, Mr. Markov wowed them with dazzling pyrotechnics." Following performances with symphonies and solo appearances at Carnegie Hall in New York, Markov performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and played a great media acclaim in concert halls in Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Philadelphia, Houston, Toronto, Montreal and other cities of North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. He appeared with such conductors as James Conlon, Neeme Jarvi, David Zinman, Andrew Litton, Lukas Foss, Sixten Ehrling, Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Sergiu Comissiona, Sir Charles Groves and others.

After almost 20 years of absence from the Russian concert stage, Mr. Markov entered the music scene again in Moscow in May, 1994. His recent works are the Violin Concertos, Formosa Suite for Violin and Orchestra (both recorded by Mr. Markov with the Russian National Orchestra on the Sunrise label) and the Symphony "Kinnor David" premiered in Moscow. Albert Markov is the only concert violinist of the 20th century who has created major compositions and which are performed internationally and are commercially recorded.

His recordings are on Sunrise, Melodia and Musical Heritage Society labels. His compositions which have been published by G. Schirmer (USA) and Muzyka (Russia) are: Sonatas for Solo and Duo Violins, Three Rhapsodies, Caprices.

Mr. Markov is the Music Director of the Rondo Chamber Orchestra appearing both as a soloist and conductor. Mr. Markov teaches at the Manhattan School of Music. Among his students are prize winners of the International Competitions and members of the leading orchestras. Mr. Markov's Violin Technique and Little Violinist (G. Schrimer, USA) are worldwide recognized violin methods. Mr. Markov studied at Kharkov and Moscow conservatories under Lechinsky and Yankelevich. Winning the Gold Medal in the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels, he was concertizing extensively. Aram Khachaturian wrote: "Albert Markov's activities have had many facets . . . in all spheres of actions, he shows a remarkable talent. As a violinist, he is one of our best. As a teacher, he has trained excellent violinists. As a composer, he is remarkable in the originality of his compositions. In summary, Albert Markov is an outstanding musician."