caption website years_active religion birth_place nationality birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
igor and vesna gruppman -lsb- http://www.igorgruppman.com igorgruppman.com -rsb- 1967-present the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints kiev , ukraine ukrainian 4 july 1956 vesna stefanovich-gruppman the gruppmans.jpg igor gruppman
 igor gruppman concertmaster the orchestra at temple square , violin soloist of the rotterdam philharmonic orchestra , conductor of moscow conservatory
igor gruppman

igor gruppman -lrb- born july 4 , 1956 -rrb- is an american violinist and conductor .
he is the principal conductor of the orchestra at temple square in salt lake city , utah , a position he has held since 2003 .
in may 2009 , igor gruppman was appointed by valery gergiev to the position of music director of the newly formed mariinsky stradivary orchestra .
he currently also is concertmaster of the rotterdam philharmonic orchestra .
gruppman is a native of kiev , ukraine .
he made his debut performance at the kiev philharmonic hall in 1967 .
he is a graduate of the moscow conservatory where he studied under leonid kogan and mstislav rostropovich .
gruppman also studied with jasha heifetz at the usc school of music in los angeles .
gruppman emigrated to the united states with his family in 1979 .
soon after his future wife , vesna stefanovich-gruppman , whom he had known at moscow central music school and at moscow conservatory , also came to the united states , they were married .
igor gruppman was the concertmaster of the san diego symphony from 1988 to 1995 .
he also was concertmaster of the london symphony orchestra from 1995 to 1998 .
he was associate conductor of the florida philharmonic from 1997 to 2003 .
gruppman and his wife won a grammy award in 1993 for the recording of malcolm arnold 's concerto for two violins .
he and his wife lived in san diego , california until 1997 .
gruppman and his wife vesna stefanovich-gruppman were members of the music faculty at brigham young university from 1997 to 2003 .
in 1997 gruppman was guest concertmaster for the royal philharmonic orchestra .
igor gruppman taught at the idyllwild arts summer program -lrb- connected with the idyllwild arts foundation -rrb- in idyllwild , california for twenty consecutive years .
in 2003 gruppman also founded the gruppman international music institute , designed to teach students from all over the world using distant-learning technologies .
starting in 2004 gruppman served as concertmaster of the rotterdam philharmonic orchestra .
gruppman is also currently a professor at codarts , the rotterdam conservatoire .
