Education
Eton College; Royal Academy of Music.
Eton College; Royal Academy of Music.
After emigrating to London, he continued his studies at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Eton College, before graduating at the Royal Academy of Music in London. As a violinist, Marius Stravinsky has performed extensively, including Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, Spoleto Music Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival and many others In 1998, he was invited to the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Claudio Abbado"s assistant in Peter Brook"s new Don Giovanni production (1998).
He was Assistant Conductor at the Moscow Philharmonic between 2002-2004.
In 2007 he became Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra in Petrozavodsk. He has worked with various orchestras in Europe and across Russia including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Street St. Petersburg Camerata and many others
His discography includes world premiere recordings of the Ignaz Brüll Violin Concerto and Symphony, Salomon Jadassohn"s 1st Symphony and Pavel Pabst"s Piano Concerto – all on the Cameo Classics label. Stravinsky has also released recordings of the Maurice Blower Symphony, Lamia by Dorothy Howell and works by Joseph Holbrooke.
After making his highly successful Mariinsky Opera debut with Mavra and The Nightingale in February 2012, he was immediately re-invited for further performances in April.
