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21-933: Mullova was born in Zhukovsky , 45 km from Moscow , in Soviet Russia . At the age of four, she was encouraged to start her violin training by her father Yuri Mullov, the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute physicist and engineer. After studying at the Central Music School of Moscow  [ de ] and at the Moscow Conservatory under Leonid Kogan , she won first prize at the 1980 International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki and

42-787: A number of flight testing divisions of the aviation design bureaus ( Sukhoy , Ilyushin , Tupolev , etc.) located in the area as well as machine-building plants, paper-mill food industry - Inko, Nestlé , local bread-baking plant. In 2008, President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree establishing the National Aircraft Industry Centre. Zhukovsky is the center of track and field athletics in Moscow Oblast. Most notable athletes born in Zhukovsky are Yuriy Borzakovskiy , Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Andrey Yepishin, Dmitry Bogdanov, and others. In 2005,

63-588: Is a home to the M. M. Gromov Flight Research Institute and N. Ye. Zhukovsky Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute — they are two major facilities involved in testing and designing aircraft. These facilities were employers for a great portion of the city's population before perestroika . Also, there is situated the Aeromechanics faculty of MIPT . There are a number smaller, but also important enterprises , such as: The airline Aviastar-TU has its head office in Zhukovsky. There are also

84-485: Is likely responsible for Guadagnini's marked shift to a more Stradivari-like style during this time, both by pressuring Guadagnini to more closely copy Stradivari and by providing Guadagnini with access to examples of Stradivari's work. Giovanni Battista Guadagnini passed away in Turin on September 18, 1786. Guadagnini's work is divided into four distinct periods, which correspond to the four cities in which he worked over

105-459: Is no evidence of any local instrument makers in Piacenza at the time. In 1749 Guadagnini moved to Milan , where he continued to make instruments. The reason for his move is unknown, but was perhaps economically motivated as Milan was a much larger city with a larger and more active music scene. During this time a few of his instruments bear labels implying a relationship to Cremona —the home of

126-550: The Meteor international standard athletics stadium was opened. There was also a bandy club Strela based in Zhukovsky. Zhukovsky museum was opened in 1979. It contains a unique collection of pilot's uniform and equipment. Zhukovsky is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast at Wikimedia Commons Giovanni Battista Guadagnini Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (often shortened to G. B. Guadagnini; 23 June 1711 – 18 September 1786)

147-539: The Moskva River , 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of Moscow. Population: 104,736 ( 2010 Census ) ; 101,328 ( 2002 Census ) ; 100,609 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . The urban-type settlement of Stakhanovo was founded in 1935 from the dacha settlement Otdykh (literally, "Relaxation"). It was named after Alexey Stakhanov , a Russian miner of the Stalinist era. On April 23, 1947,

168-650: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment . Mullova plays the Jules Falk Stradivarius from 1723 and a violin made in 1750 by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini . Her bows include a Baroque style bow by a Walter Barbiero, one of the finest makers of modern bows, a Dodd and a Voirin. Mullova currently lives in Holland Park , London , England, with her husband, cellist Matthew Barley , and three children:

189-541: The jazz bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado, from her relationship with conductor and pianist Claudio Abbado ; Katia, from her relationship with violinist Alan Brind ; and Nadia, who is a dancer in the Royal Ballet , from her marriage to Barley. Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast Zhukovsky (Russian: Жуковский , Russian pronunciation: [ʐʊˈkofskʲɪj] ) is a city in Moscow Oblast , Russia, located on

210-723: The Netherlands and has recorded the Bach violin concertos on Philips Classics. She was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for her recording of the Bach Partitas , and she won a 1995 Echo Klassik award , a Japanese Record Academy Award and a Deutsche Schallplattenkritik prize for her recording of the Brahms violin concerto . Her recording of the Brahms B major Trio (no. 1) and Beethoven's Archduke Trio with André Previn and Heinrich Schiff

231-591: The Swedish police treated the young, on-the-run musicians just like any other political defectors from the Eastern Bloc: they suggested that the couple stay in a safehouse over the weekend until the American Embassy opened so they could apply for political asylum upon relocation. So for two days they sat under pseudonyms in a safehouse not even daring to go outside, because their photographs were on

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252-884: The court, and in particular to the musical patronage of the Prime Minister Guillaume du Tillot . In his later years in Parma Guadagnini even received a direct salary from the court. In 1771, with the Court's financial fortunes in decline, Guadagnini asked to be allowed to leave. He next moved to Turin . Two years later, in 1773, he began his historically important relationship with notable violin collector Count Cozio . Cozio purchased most, if not all, of Guadagnini's output during this time, and also supplied him with most of his wood and other materials. His business partnership with Cozio ended in 1777, though they continued to have dealings with each other. The Count

273-416: The four cities in which he would live and work, Piacenza, Milan, Parma, and Turin. Almost nothing is known about his early years until he moved to the nearby city of Piacenza in 1738. In 1742, his first violins start to appear. It is unclear from whom or where he learned his trade. Since he joined the woodworking guild, it is likely that he underwent an apprenticeship with a local woodworker; however, there

294-674: The front page of every Swedish and international newspaper. Two days later they arrived in Washington, D.C. , with American visas in their pockets. Mullova has made many recordings including her debut release of the Tchaikovsky and Jean Sibelius violin concertos which was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque . She formed the Mullova Chamber Ensemble in the mid-1990s. The ensemble has toured Italy, Germany, and

315-659: The gold medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1982. She remembered the whole experience of the Soviet quasi-religious state-sponsored musical education as an overly stressful nightmare full of hypocrisy: "Naturally, I have never believed in communism. But everything was a play. I knew I wanted to leave, and I was pretending to be a naive girl". During a tour of Finland in 1983, Mullova and her lover, Vakhtang Jordania , who posed as her accompanist so they could defect together, left

336-601: The hotel in Kuusamo , after Jordania told the KGB officer who was watching them that Mullova was too sick from drinking to attend the afterparty. The Stradivari violin owned by the Soviet Union was left behind on the hotel bed. YLE journalist Jyrki Koulumies, accompanied by photographer Caj Sundman, drove them in a rented car across the border via Haparanda to Luleå , Sweden where they flew to Stockholm . At that time,

357-536: The renowned violin makers Amati , Stradivari , and Guarneri —however no evidence exists that Guadagnini ever lived in Cremona. In 1758 Guadagnini moved again, this time to Parma . He may have been drawn to the city by the recent appointment of Carlo Ferarri, a close musician friend from his time in Piacenza, to a position with the Ducal Court . During his time in Parma Guadagnini was also closely connected to

378-425: The settlement was granted town status and renamed Zhukovsky, in honor of scientist Nikolay Zhukovsky . Within the framework of administrative divisions , it is incorporated as Zhukovsky City Under Oblast Jurisdiction —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts . As a municipal division , Zhukovsky City Under Oblast Jurisdiction is incorporated as Zhukovsky Urban Okrug . Zhukovsky

399-457: The span of his career, Piacenza, Milan, Parma, and Turin. His work in each new city changed in response to the availability of materials, the needs of the local musicians, and finally in Turin, his relationship with Count Cozio. Stylistically Guadagnini's work is generally less refined and polished than that of makers such as the Amatis or Stradivari, however with the same focus on tonal success. He

420-649: Was an Italian luthier , regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history. He is widely considered the third greatest maker after Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri "del Gesù" . The Guadagnini family was known for their violins, guitars and mandolins . Giovanni Battista Guadagnini was born on June 23, 1711, in the hamlet of Bilegno , in what is now the Province of Piacenza in Northern Italy. Both his life and his career can be divided into four distinct periods, which correspond to

441-920: Was released in 1995, receiving a further Diapason d'Or. Mullova's international career as a soloist has included performances with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra , the Philharmonia , the Berlin Philharmonic , the Vienna Symphony , the Montreal Symphony Orchestra , the San Francisco Symphony and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra . She has also performed as soloist and director with

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