Now playing in this video: 🎵 Ravel: "Sonata in G Major"

Alexey Stychkin brings vibrant color and rhythmic verve to Ravel's "Sonata in G major", a work that fuses French elegance with jazz-inflected wit. From the bluesy languor of its slow movement to the dazzling perpetual motion of its finale, this sonata showcases Ravel's genius for blending sophistication with playful invention.

🌟 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.