dmitry silvian

Dmitry Silvian is a professional cellist born in Odessa in 1987. He began studying the cello at the age of seven at the Stoliarsky School of Music in Odessa and continued his studies in Russia at a school affiliated with the St. Petersburg Conservatory. From the age of twelve, he performed with orchestras in Estonia, France and elsewhere. In 2003, he entered the Boulogne Conservatory under Michel Strauss, where he obtained a diploma with the highest distinction, before joining the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in 2006. There, he studied with renowned cellists including Michel Strauss, Roland Pidoux, Marc Coppey and Bruno Cocset, as well as chamber music with Itamar Golan and Claire Désert. He obtained his Diplôme de Formation Supérieure with special mention in 2010 and completed his Master’s degree in 2013. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed internationally and received several distinctions, including the Grand Prix as a soloist and First Prize in chamber music at the International Madeira Forum, as well as First Prize and the Special Prize for Best Performance at the American Protégé Competition in New York. He was subsequently invited to perform at the iPalpiti Music Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. His career has also included performances at major festivals in France and Japan, an appointment as musician in residence at the Opéra de Paris in 2016, and solo appearances with orchestras including the Orchestre de chambre de Nouvelle Europe, Orchestra Classica da Madeira and the Belgian National Orchestra. He is a former Principal Solo Cello of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra in China and has been Principal Cello of the Belgian National Orchestra since 2020Dmitry Silvian is a professional cellist born in Odessa in 1987. He began studying the cello at the age of seven at the Stoliarsky School of Music in Odessa and continued his studies in Russia at a school affiliated with the St. Petersburg Conservatory. From the age of twelve, he performed with orchestras in Estonia, France and elsewhere. In 2003, he entered the Boulogne Conservatory under Michel Strauss, where he obtained a diploma with the highest distinction, before joining the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in 2006. There, he studied with renowned cellists including Michel Strauss, Roland Pidoux, Marc Coppey and Bruno Cocset, as well as chamber music with Itamar Golan and Claire Désert. He obtained his Diplôme de Formation Supérieure with special mention in 2010 and completed his Master’s degree in 2013. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed internationally and received several distinctions, including the Grand Prix as a soloist and First Prize in chamber music at the International Madeira Forum, as well as First Prize and the Special Prize for Best Performance at the American Protégé Competition in New York. He was subsequently invited to perform at the iPalpiti Music Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. His career has also included performances at major festivals in France and Japan, an appointment as musician in residence at the Opéra de Paris in 2016, and solo appearances with orchestras including the Orchestre de chambre de Nouvelle Europe, Orchestra Classica da Madeira and the Belgian National Orchestra. He is a former Principal Solo Cello of the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra in China and has been Principal Cello of the Belgian National Orchestra since 2020