Now playing in this video: 🎵 Cesar Franck: "Violin Sonata"

Alexey Stychkin brings sweeping lyricism and structural mastery to Franck's "Violin Sonata", a cornerstone of the Romantic chamber repertoire prized for its cyclic themes and passionate architecture. From the tender opening to the exuberant canonic finale, the sonata unfolds as a deeply unified emotional journey.

🌟 Russian-Greek violinist Alexey Stychkin comes from a family with deep musical and artistic roots. His devotion and love for a wide range of music and culture since a very early age brings an openness and depth to his musical approach. Born in Moscow, Alexey began his violin studies at the Central Music School for Gifted Children in the class of Galina Tourchaninova. He later moved to Belgium to continue his studies with Marc Bouchkov at the Liege Royal Conservatory and recently finished his masters degree Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne where he studied with Mihaela Martin.