Aylen Pritchin's career as a young violinist took off quickly, active internationally both as a concerto soloist and as a chamber musician. In 2019, he took fourth prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
Pritchin was born in 1987 in Leningrad in the Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia). He studied there from age six, working with Elena Zaitseva until he moved to Moscow to enter the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. His primary teacher there was Eduard Grach. He participated in master classes with top players, including Shlomo Mintz, Zakhar Bron, and Vadim G...