Dmitri Ratush, violist

Biography
Dmitry Ratush, assistant principal violist of the Israel Philharmonic orchestra since 2004 and founding member of the IPO Richter string quartet, made his debut in New York at the Merkin Concert Hall in 1991. Dmitry, among the leading string players in Israel. He was principal violist of the Bern Symphony orchestra in Switzerland and regulary takes part in important projects as guest principal violist of the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Palau del les Artes (Spain) under the baton of Zubin Mehta.
In 1990 Dmitry Ratush and his family left Russia and settled in Israel. In the same year he had begun his studies at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem with world- renowned viola virtuoso Michael Kugel. Graduating from Jerusalem Academy in 1994, Mr. Ratush continued his studies in Dallas, Texas at SMU, Meadows School of the Arts with Dr. E.Schmieder and Professor B.Hustis.
Dmitry Ratush is a founding member of the Chamber Ensemble Millennium, at Targ Music Center in Jerusalem. With the ensemble, Dmitry appeared on a number of life broadcasts of Kol Hamusica, the Israel’ Classical Music Channel and recorded two SDs. Admired by his colleagues and audiences as a chamber music partner he has performed regularly in Israel Festival and Voice of Music Festival in the Upper Galilee. Also Mr. Ratush appears as a soloist and chamber musician all over the world in International Festivals and Chamber Music Series
Mendelssohn: Capriccio for string quartet, op. 81 no. 3
Janacek: String Quartet no. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”)
Borodin: String Quartet no. 2

18.04.2020
Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv
Beethoven: Sonata no. 7 in C minor for violin and piano, op. 30 no. 2
Brahms: Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, op. 25

18.07.2020
Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv
13.01.2018
Charles R. Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv

14.07.2018
Charles R. Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv

13.10.2018
Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv

Tchaikovsky: String Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 11
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence for string sextet, op. 70
12.01.2019
Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv

Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370
Britten: Fantasy for oboe and string trio, op. 2
Schumann: Three Romances for oboe and piano, op. 94
Shostakovich: Piano Trio no. 2 in E minor
16.05.2019
Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv

Debussy: Syrinx for solo flute
Debussy: Clair de Lune (arranged for violin and piano)
Debussy: Prelude a l’apres midi d’un faune (flute and piano version)
Mendelssohn: 2nd and 3rd movements from Piano trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 49
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 for string sextet
18.04.2020
Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv

Mendelssohn: Capriccio for string quartet, op. 81 no. 3
Janacek: String Quartet no. 1 (“Kreutzer Sonata”)
Borodin: String Quartet no. 2
18.07.2020
Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv

Beethoven: Sonata no. 7 in C minor for violin and piano, op. 30 no. 2
Brahms: Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor, op. 25