Wladislaw Winokurow

Wladislaw Winokurow born in Kiev (Ukraine), came into contact with music at a very early age: coming from a family of musicians, he received his first violin lessons from his father at the age of five, and after being admitted to the special music school for highly gifted children and young people, he received intensive musical training and guidance from Alexander Panov, Avanes Buludian and later Isaak Kushnir. He gained his first major stage experience at the age of ten in solo performances with the Kiev Chamber Orchestra and moved to Austria in 1992. He began his school education at the Vienna Music High School, combined with professional instrumental lessons, initially with Eugenia Polatschek. This was followed by studies at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts with Gernot Winischhofer and Boris Kuschnir. Complementary masterclasses with Abraham Stern, Joseph Kopelman, Zakhar Bron, Viktor Tretyakov and others. Wladislaw Winokurow is the founder and leader of the Glière String Quartet. After winning 1st prize at the 8th International Beethoven Competition in 2012, the quartet has performed at numerous international festivals, as well as a busy concert schedule at home and abroad, including appearances at the Vienna Musikverein, at international festivals such as the Nikodemowicz Festival Poland, Harmonie Starego Miasta Poland, Musikverein International Music Festival, KUL Festival "Opus Magnum" Poland, etc. The quartet's repertoire includes works from the early classical period to contemporary music. One of the core areas is the interpretation of Ukrainian and Soviet composers such as A. Borodin, R. Glière, N. Myaskowski, D. Shostakovich, etc. Since 2020 cooperation with the company DUX (Poland), recording series of the R. Gliére string quartets. From 2023 string quartets by J. Brahms. From 2025 Selected string quartets by F. Schubert. In 2010 employed and took over his own violin class at the Vienna Music School, Margareten location. Since 2018 Senior Lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (preparatory course, gifted course, IME, ME). Pedagogical successes to date include over 50 victories at numerous national and international competitions. Lecturer at national and international masterclasses such as Kulturwelten.at Summer Courses (Vienna), Austrian Master Classes (Salzburg), Vienna International Art Open (Vienna), European Music Institute Vienna (Vienna), Wienerwald Summer Academy (Lower Austria), Wieniawski Society Masterclasses (Lublin, Poland), Summer Academy of Music (Krakow, Poland). Jury member at competitions such as Prima la Musica state and national competition (Austria). Vasa Prihoda International Violin Competition (Czech Republic). Kocian Music Competition (Czech Republic).