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Olena Yergiyeva (violin) was born in 1962, she graduated from Odessa Conservatoire under Prof. V. Mordkovich in 1987.
She is Chief of String department at the Odessa music college, and the Principal Violin at the Odessa Philarmonic Chamber Orchestra.
Ivan Yergiyev (accordion) was born in Odessa in 1960, he graduated from Odessa Conservatoire and completed his postgraduate studies at Kiev Conservatoire under Prof. N.Davidov.
He is presently a docent of accordion at Odessa Music Academy by A.V. Nezhdanova.
Honoured Artist of Ukraine(2002). He publish scientific articles about modern accordion art.
He organized duet Cadence in December 1994.
Ivan Yergiyev has won numerous awards, including the Klingenthal International Competition of Accordion Soloist Prize (Germany) and the International Competition Grand Prix (France).
In 1995 he won the Grand Prix of the performers of new chamber music competition Orptheus Prize (Antwerp, Belgium).
Competitions:
Prize winners in several international competitions:
- 2nd Prize, Citta di Castelfidadardo (Italy, 1999)
- 1st Prize, Vogttlandishcer Musikwettbeverbe ( Germany, 1999)
- 1st Prize, International festival-competition of families ensembles Melody for two hearts (Ukraine, Kiev, 2000)
- 3rd Prize Coupe Mondiale-2003(Slovak Republic-Hungary)
International festivals:
- Kiev Music Fest (Ukraine,1995,2003)
- Two days and Two nights of new music (Odessa,Ukraine, 1996, 2000-2005)
- Shostacovitch and his time (Gent, Belgium, 1996)
- Europe-Asia (Kazan,Tatarstan, 1996, 2000)
- 1 Festival of new music in Mongolia(Ulan Baatar, 1999)
- East-West 99 (Die Drome, France)
- Musica Humana (Zaporizza, Ukraine)
- IX Festival of New Music (Cishineu, Moldova, 2000)
- XV International festival of accordion music(St. Petersburg, Russia, 1999)
- VIII International festival of accordion (Vilnius, Lithuania,2000)
- Silk Sound Road Festival for the music of our times (Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN, 2001)
- XIV international fest. Bayan and Bayanists (Moscow, Russia 2003)
Repertoire:
Classical works by
- J.S.Bach
- A. Vivaldi
- D.Scarlatti
- T.Albinoni
- F.Schubert
- J.Brams
- B.Bartok
- D.Schostacovich
- R.Shtchedrin
- G.Sviridov
- M. Scoryk
- A.Piazzolla and others...
The duet have performed more than 30 world premiers and attracts a lot of composers of the world such as:
- L.Samodayeva, J.Gomelskaya, A.Shtchetinscy, K.Tsepkolenko (Ukraine)
- S.Berinsky, M.Bronner (Moscow Russia)
- J.Tamulionis, V.Germanaviacius (Vilnius Lithuania)
- R.Kalimullin (Kasan Tatarstan)
- M.Virsaladze (Georgia)
- R.De Smet (Belgium)
- Chiel Meijering, Tera De Marez Oeyens , Jacob ter Veldhuis , Beurden van Beurden (Holland)
- V.Dinescu (Germany) and others...
World Tours:
Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Tatarstan, Georgia, Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Austria, Gernany, Switzerland, Belgium, France
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