Dmitry Yablonsky, a GRAMMY®-nominated cellist and conductor, was born in Moscow into a musical family. He began playing the cello when he was five years old and was accepted into the Central Music School for Gifted Children. At the age of nine he made his orchestral debut playing Haydn’s Cello Concerto. Since then his career has taken him to some of the most celebrated stages in the world, such as Carnegie Hall, La Scala, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Taiwan National Hall, Théâtre Mogador, the Cité de la Musique and the Louvre, among others.
As a conductor he has collaborated with many major orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Novoya Rossiya, the National Chamber Ensemble ‘Kiev Virtuosi’, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the North Netherlands Orchestra, the Maastricht Orchestra, the Russian State Orchestra, the Orchestre National d’Île de France, the Taiwan National Orchestra, the Catania Opera Orchestra, the Holland Symphonia, the Bologna Chamber Orchestra, and the Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM (OFUNAM), Mexico.
In 2010 Dmitry Yablonsky received the Diploma of Honorary Academician at the Independent Academy of Liberal Arts at the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has transcribed and edited works for cello, which have been published by the International Music Company and Dover Publications. In 2008 Naxos released his recording of all 40 Popper Etudes for solo cello (8.557718–19), to critical acclaim. In 2016 Yablonsky was named Distinguished Artistic Personality of Azerbaijan.
He teaches at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University, Israel and was appointed Head of International Relations in 2017. He is an enthusiastic and charismatic leader, initiating many projects and organising festivals including the Qabala Festival in Azerbaijan and the Wandering Stars Festival, which takes place in a variety of countries such as Israel, Italy, Russia and the United States. He plays two cellos, a Joseph Filius Andrea Guarneri and a Matteo Gofriller.
For more information, visit www.dmitryablonsky.com.
The Collaborative Conductor – Jeremy Siepmann interviews Dmitry Yablonsky
| Box Set Release |
Catalogue Number |
| 25th Anniversary Boxed Sets - Ballet |
Naxos 8.501055 |
| 25th Anniversary Boxed Sets - Russian Symphonies |
Naxos 8.501059 |
| 25th Anniversary Boxed Sets - Sacred |
Naxos 8.501062 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY The Ballets |
Naxos 8.507009 |
| The Very Best Of |
Naxos 8.502020 |