Yuri Wassilewski

Apogee Foundation Scholar

Minsk, Belarus

Apogee Foundation Scholar Yuri Wassilewski, from Minsk Belarus in live performance. In 2006, Wassilewski became the first Apogee Award laureate from Belarus and one of the youngest in the Foundation's history. For more information, see Apogee's 3 October 2006 news release. Click on image to play video © Apogee Foundation ®

Violinist Yuri Wassilewski was the first laureate of the Belarus Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts. Apogee discovered Wassilewski at the age of ten during the Foundation’s Odessa International Music Festival. Apogee Artists events like the Odessa International Music Festival are designed to showcase the world's finest emerging talent on the world stage. For more information, see Iurii Wassilewski’s Apogee Laureate’s homepage at http://www.apogeefoundation.org/people/beneficiaries/yuri_wassilewski.php and the following article: http://www.apogeefoundation.org/media/2006/music_festival_awards.php