Artem Konstantinov, is one of the most prominent musicians in Asia. He's a virtuoso Cellist, Conductor, Teacher  and a talented Composer.

 

He studied at the Moscow State Conservatory and later received a Doctoral Degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

 

For thirteen years, (prior to the 2020 Covid Pandemic), Artem was the Principal Cellist of The City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong and also Guest Principal Cello of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also held the position of Professor at The Baptist University of Hong Kong and at The Harrow International School, with previous roles as Principal Cellist with The Shenzhen Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor at The Shenzhen School of Art where Artem created new classes such : Chamber music , Quartet, Orchestra .

 

Many students of Dr. KONSTANTINOV are international competitions winners , parts if the best universities all around the world .

 

 

As a true innovator and pioneer within the Arts, Artem lays unique claim to giving the Asian Premieres of both of Dmitry Shostakovich's Cello Concertos in China. This is a truly unique achievement which is matched by him also commissioning and giving the World Premieres of a number of brand new works for the Cello by Richard Harvey (UK), Thérèse Brenet (France), Joe Lee (Taiwan), Dani Howard (UK) and Lydia Ayres (USA).

 

Some of the critiques of these works include such Press quotes as:

 

"The penetrating depth of the performance does not leave anyone indifferent.. "

Hong Kong Financial Times

 

"A bright personality and purity of tone..."

The Peking Central Newspaper

 

" The sound you can listen to endlessly... "  

The Taiwan News

 

These, and many other reviews, speak of an unusually strong and individual style of performance, on both the traditional acoustic Classical Cello, and the Electric Cello, of which Artem is also an adept exponent in contemporary music, electronica and soundtracks.

 

As a Conductor, Artem has been one of the Chief Conductors of The China Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra since 2013,  while his compositional work has also gained notoriety with his original soundtrack to the documentary movie "Get Away"  which won the Grand Prix at the "Doker International Film Festival" in 2021.