inclusive and sustainable change") Fellowships and honors Royal Academy of Music Honorary Visiting Fellowship at Trinity College, Oxford Orders National Order of Merit of Romania Saarland Order of Merit 2019: Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco) (Knight) Instrument Vengerov performs on the late-period 1727 "ex-Kreutzer" Stradivarius violin, made just after the "Golden Period" of Stradivarius violins and previously owned by Rodolphe Kreutzer, to whom Beethoven's 9th Violin Sonata was dedicated. On 1 April 1998, Vengerov purchased the violin from Christie's auction house with aid from patroness Japanese Countess Yoko Nagae Ceschina and violin dealer Haim Lazarov, for £947,500. Personal life In 2011, Vengerov married Olga Gringolts, sister of the violinist Ilya Gringolts and an art historian. The couple have two daughters and one son. The family resides in Monaco. References External links "Maxim Vengerov", Nicola-Fee Bahl Management page "Interview", by Bruce Duffie "C Music TV Interview" "Maxim Vengerov for Jean Paul Gaultier" Maxim Vengerov site, (with photos and recordings on www.wieniawski.com) "Les maux tabous des musiciens", Le Figaro Joseph Stevenson, biography of Maxim Vengerov, Allmusic.com "Maxim Vengerov," UNICEF "Maxim Vengerov," Bach Cantatas Child classical musicians Contemporary classical music performers Academics of the Royal Academy of Music Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Brit Award winners Echo (music award) winners Grammy Award winners Gramophone Award winners Israeli expatriates in Monaco Israeli violinists Israeli classical violinists Israeli classical violists Jewish Israeli musicians Jewish classical violinists Lübeck Academy of Music alumni Academic staff of the Lübeck Academy of Music Male classical violinists Male conductors (music) Monegasque Jews Musicians from Novosibirsk Recipients of the National Order of Merit (Romania) People associated with the Royal College of Music People from Northern District (Israel) Recipients of the Saarland Order of Merit People associated with the Royal Academy of Music Russian Jews UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors 1974 births Living people 20th-century classical violinists 21st-century classical violinists 21st-century conductors (music) 20th-century Israeli male musicians 21st-century Israeli male musicians 20th-century multi-instrumentalists 21st-century multi-instrumentalists 20th-century violists 21st-century violists