Bashmet awarded "Silver Shell" Jean-Luc Ponty

"Silver Shell" - the main prize of the Winter International Arts Festival, Yuri Bashmet, the fifth time in Sochi, the French jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, awarded spokeswoman Press Service Forum runs. Price own festival last year, and its first owner was the art director Maestro Bashmet forum. As an honorary member of the festival, the violin has popular instrument in jazz - Ponti was the second "shell" excellent. A spokesperson told RIA Novosti press service ended, the awards ceremony Saturday concert by Jean-Luc Ponty and his jazz band in the Sochi Winter Theatre, which took place with the full house. Jean-Luc Ponty (Jean-Luc Ponty), born 29th September 1942 in the city. Avranches in France into a family of classical musicians At age 18, he studied at the National Conservatory Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris, for three years in a large symphony orchestra play followed. Russian violin school had a great influence on him - one of the idols of the young Ponty was David Oistrakh. Not as a violin as a jazz instrument. Jean-Luc Ponty has created his own style when he express his talent through jazz violin. Critics say it. The first jazz violinist who was in jazz has become as exciting as a saxophonist Ponty's fame grew rapidly, and in 1964 when he was 22 years old, he released his debut album, Jazz playing time. In almost half a century career Ponty not only recorded the number of its own records, but also took part in the legendary cultural projects in the second half of the 20th Century. In 1969, Frank Zappa, with solo-Ponty wrote the music for the popular film "King Kong." In 1972, Ponti jazz arrangements on the electric violin for the album by Elton John Honky Chateau. In the 80 years Ponty has a world tour and took 12 albums - all reached the five jazz albums on the Billboard charts and went with a circulation of over 15 million copies. Recorded with guitarist Al Di Meola and bassist Stanley Clarke Geiger 1995 acoustic album, The Rite of Strings, and in June 2001 was a duet with a young Russian star of classical violin Vadim Repin. The current winter festival celebrates the first anniversary - five years ago, was first held in Sochi.