Cellist Sergey Antonov Wins Prestigious 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Renowned Young Cellist to Study at Long School of Music's Graduate Performance Diploma

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Longy School of Music announced today that Sergey Antonov, a young Russian who will continue his studies at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts beginning in September, has won the coveted International Tchaikovsky Competition. The competition is one of the world's most prestigious classical music competitions in which young, first-class musicians gather from around the world.

"We are honored to have Sergey Antonov joining us in Cambridge," said Longy President Karen Zorn. "He is one of the most gifted cellists of his generation."

Born in 1983, Sergey Antonov started playing cello at the age of 5. Sergey is a graduate of the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Maria Zhuravleva and Moscow Conservatory where he was a student of Natalia Shakhovskaya. He has made solo appearances with St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Budapest Symphony Orchestras as well as other orchestras throughout Russia. For the past two years, Sergey was a participant of the young composers festival "Young Academies of Russia" which took place in St. Petersburg. His participation in the festival resulted in an offer to record his first CD with a pianist Pavel Raekerus, which was released in 2004 on a "New Classics" Label. The CD includes the works of Rachmaninov and Myaskovsky. In March Sergey has won the First Prize in ASTA National Solo Competition (cello), Detroit (2007).

Antonov, also a student of the distinguished cellist and teacher Terry King, will enter Longy's Graduate Performance Diploma program in the fall.

ABOUT LONGY

The Longy School of Music is a degree-granting conservatory and community-based school of preparatory and continuing studies found in 1915 and located near Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The School has an outstanding faculty of 150 teachers providing instruction to over 1,300 students. With a curriculum rooted in the tradition of western art music, Longy's mission is to prepare musicians to make a difference in the world. Longy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, visit Longy on the web at www.longy.edu.