Classical Notes

Dick O’Riordan: Could this virtuoso violinist become our own Andre Rieu?

Vladimir Jablokov started out busking on Grafton Street 20 years ago and is now one of the most successful and individualist musicians in the business

Vladimir Jablokov: ‘At the age of six I had already worked out my big plan of one day becoming a very successful violinist and from then my life revolved around violin lessons, choir rehearsals, piano, gardening, painting and sculpture classes’

There are very few musicians who can boast of producing a one-act play of their life story and then putting it on stage at 3Arena, Dublin’s biggest indoor venue.

But that is the current state-of-play in the crazy life story of violinist Vladimir Jablokov, who began his career in Ireland as a busker on Grafton Street 20 years ago and, despite a rocky road, has become one of the most successful and individualist musicians in ...