Vadim Repin gave his first major recital in St Petersburg at the age of 11. At the age of 14, he made his debuts in Tokyo, Munich, Berlin, Helsinki and, at 15, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. At the age of 17 he was the youngest violinist to win the Queen Elisabeth Competition, which had a considerable impact on his career. France has made him a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Career highlights include tours with the London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev (with whom he gave the first performance of James MacMillan’s Violin Concerto dedicated to him), the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta, and the Vienna Philharmonic and Riccardo Muti. He founded the Trans-Siberian Art Festival in 2014 and, as artistic director, has commissioned works by Lera Auerbach, Sofia Gubaidulina, Arvo Pärt and Mark-Anthony Turnage. Closely involved in music education, he has given masterclasses at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and is an honorary professor at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.