Anastasia Khitruk Explained

Anastasia Khitruk (Russian: Анастасия Хитрук; born August 1974, in Moscow) is a Russian-born American violin player. She was a student of Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School. She has made many recordings of which three were for Naxos: Khandoshkin #8.570028,[1] Grammy nominated[2] Miklos Rozsa Violin Concerto #8.570350,[3] and Leon de Saint-Lubin #8.572019.[4] Several works written for Ms. Khitruk include Der Golum by Michael Colina.

She was born to piano players Andrey Khitruk and Elena Tatulyan. She is a granddaughter of the animator Fyodor Khitruk.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: New Classical Tracks: Khandoshkin . . 5 September 2006 . 16 April 2009 .
  2. News: RUSSIANS ARE PREDOMINANT IN THE LIST OF NOMINEES FOR GRAMMY PRIZE . . 27 December 2007 . 16 April 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091102134741/http://ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng . 2 November 2009 .
  3. Web site: KHITRUK, ANASTASIA . . 16 April 2009 . 6 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080706092645/http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/Anastasia_Khitruk/12430.htm . dead .
  4. Web site: Violinist Anastasia Khitruk Records Chamber Works By Saint-Lubin . . 16 April 2009 .
  5. Bergan, Ronald (10 December 2012) Fyodor Khitruk obituary. The Guardian
  6. Hodouchi, Ayano (28 January 2013) Anastasia Khitruk finds her own string theory. rbth.com