Alexander Povolotsky, an acclaimed violinist and composer, was born in Ukraine into a family of musicians and started his violin studies at the age of 5. He studied the violin with Professor Mardkovich at the Odessa Music Academy,an institution boasting a line of famous graduates such as Sviatoslav Richter, Emile Gilels and David Oistrakh.Alexander Povolotsky won prestigious prizes in many contests throughout the Soviet Union. After graduating from the Music Academy in 1970, Alexander Povolotsky played the first violin in the Philharmonic String Quintet and thereafter performed in the Moscow Chamber Orchestra. During that time he started his teaching career in the Gnesin Academy in Moscow.From 1975 to 1985 he played the first violin of the Bolshoi Theater orchestra and in its violin ensemble, in addition,from 1982 until 1985 he also served as the musical director of the ensemble. Throughout the years 1985 until 1990 Alexander Povolotsky was a member of the State Academic Symphonic Orchestra under the direction of maestro Evgeniy Svetlanov.Being an accomplished and versatile composer,Mr. Povolotsky created and arranged many musical pieces for various theaters and music ensembles, and also created and recorded music for radio and television programs.Since 1990 Alexander Povolotsky has been living in Israel where he joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of maestro Zubin Mehta. Alexander Povolotsky set up the "Povolotsky Family Trio" where he plays together with his son Eugene and daughter Marianna. Since the beginning, the trio has been performing with some of the world’s leading opera singers in a variety of concert programs. All of the trio members also play in the Virtuosi of Tel-Aviv ensemble. Furthermore, Alexander and Marianna Povolotsky are members of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Zubin Mehta.In 1996 he also Alexander Povolotsky established the Virtuosi of Tel-Aviv ensemble consisting of artists of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.Together with these ensembles he has performed in Israel, the US, Canada and Europe and has recorded four albums of music he has created and arranged.In 2001, Povolotsky’s concert overture for a symphonic orchestra opened the XXII International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, where he was member of the jury.In addition to performing with the Virtuosi of Tel-Aviv and with his family trio, Alexander Povolotsky often gives jazz concerts accompanied by piano, bass and drums.Alexander Povolotsky has been a member of the Israeli Composers’ Union since 1991. His musical scores are sold in Europe and the US. In 2003 Povolotsky produced a solo album devoted to jazz in which he collected his recordings from the radio, television and concert that were made over the years. In 2008 he completed writing the music for a musical of Shalom Aleichem, “Motl the Cantor’s Son”.Alexander Povolotsky has composed and arranged a large number of pieces and songs for singers; he also composed arrangements for theatrical productions, musical performances and various ensembles in Israel and abroad. In 2008 he authored a composition for two solo clarinets with orchestra on the theme of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”. Alexander Povolotsky has been creating arrangements for the Keshet Eilon violin ensemble.Mr. Povolotsky produces and records albums with renowned Israeli and foreign singers. Well known musicians such as Zubin Mehta, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Shlomo Mintz and many others have praised the mastery of Povolotsky’s work and the performing art of the ensembles under his direction.