Two Decades of Musical Excellence
Oleg Rutkovsky was born into a family of musicians and started playing violin at a very early age. In 1991, Oleg graduated from the Moscow Conservatory of Music with the highest marks in violin, viola, piano, and music education. In 1990, Oleg Rutkovsky was invited to participate in the IV International Violin Competition 'Isola di Capri' (Capri, Italy) and was awarded the 1st Prize of the competition playing N. Paganini's 4th Violin Concerto with cadenza, which Oleg Rutkovsky composed especially for this event. Right after that, he was invited to perform in a number of renowned music festivals. More than that, in Rimini, Italy, he shared the stage with such famous musicians as B. Berezovsky (1st Prize, 1990 P. I. Tchaikovsky Piano Competition), E. Pace, and E. Bushkov (both winners of many international competitions).
Only after a year playing in the First Violins section with the State Symphony Capella of Russia under the baton of legendary conductor G. Rozhdestvensky did Oleg Rutkovsky accept a position as an assistant concertmaster of the famous Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. With this orchestra, he traveled around the globe, performing in almost every important music hall, including Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York, Royal Albert and Barbican Hall in London, Beethoven Hall in Bonn (Germany), Gewandhaus, Symphony Hall, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo and Osaka (Japan), Musikverein Golden Hall in Vienna, and many more.
In 1994, Oleg Rutkovsky immigrated to the USA and settled in Fort Lee, NJ. He made his American debut recital in Memphis, TN, in 1995. Since that time, he has performed with many orchestras, such as the New Jersey Symphony, Albany Symphony, New York Virtuosi Chamber Symphony, New Philharmonic of New Jersey, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Bacchanalia Chamber Ensemble, and Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Oleg Rutkovsky has appeared in a number of Broadway productions, such as “Ragtime,” “The Music Man,” “Jekyll and Hyde,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and many others.
In 1996, Oleg Rutkovsky was proud to perform with the Houston Festival Orchestra as concertmaster under the direction of M. Shostakovich, son of one of the greatest composers of our time, Dmitry Shostakovich. He had a unique opportunity to perform for President B. Clinton and for NYC Mayor M. Bloomberg. He shared the stage with Lucciano Pavarotti, Ray Charles, Bernadette Petters, Dudley Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg.
At the present time, Oleg Rutkovsky teaches extensive violin, viola, piano, and music theory lessons online and in his music studio in Fort Lee, NJ. His students have been accepted to many prestigious music schools, such as Juilliard, Manhattan School of Music, and Mannes.
