Maxim Vengerov (born August 20, 1974 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian violinist of Jewish origin.

Maxim Vengerov appears regularly with all the major orchestras and eminent conductors, has performed as both soloist and conductor, made his debut on the baroque violin accompanied by Trevor Pinnock, and has recently taken up the viola.

His extensive concerto, solo and duo recital tours have taken him regularly around the globe. Vengerov opened the 2004/05 season with the New York Philharmonic and the London Symohony Orchestra. He toured the Far East and Europe until the end of 2004 with a new programme of Virtuosi pieces, a programme which was also recorded and released by EMI. The year 2005 was a sabbatical year in which Vengerov studied improvisation with Didier Lockwood and tango dance, and prepared for an explosive new viola concerto written for him by Benjamin Yusupov. The world premiere took place with the NDR Orchestra in Hanover in May 2005. In 2006 Vengerov reassumed his usual concert work with tours worldwide of the Mozart concertos with the UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra and a recital tour with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Shostakovich. He is currently in the process of recording the complete Mozart Violin Concertos and the Sinfonia Concertante (with viola soloist Lawrence Power) for EMI Classics, the first CD of which will be released in early 2007 to coincide with a worldwide tour with the UBS Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.