The evening will feature a performance by San Francisco Symphony violinist Sarn Oliver\, an authentication case stud y\, and a Q&\;A session.
\nAbout the speaker:
\nTiburon res ident Roman Goronok was born in St. Petersburg\, Russia\, in 1978\, to a r enowned Russian luthier father and a classical violinist mother. He immigr ated to the United States with his family at age 11 and trained as a class ical violinist at the Cleveland Institute of Music\, then in San Francisco with Zaven Melikian for violin and Susan Bates for chamber music. At age 17\, he was offered a place with Professor Zakhar Bron and lived in German y for five years\, initially in Lü\;beck and then in Cologne. In 2000\ , he returned to the Cleveland Institute of Music to study with Donald Wei lerstein and received a Bachelor's Degree in violin performance in 2001.\n
In the fall of 2000\, Roman was involved in a serious accident\, ca using life-changing decisions. He decided to cease playing the violin prof essionally and enrolled in MBA-level courses at CWRU Weatherhead School of Management. Subsequently\, he was introduced to Charles Beare\, "the most esteemed authenticator in the world\," through whom Roman learned extensi vely about instrument identification and the central issue of authenticati on.
\nMoving to London in 2007\, Roman pursued these interests furth er through study at Sotheby's Institute of Art London\, leading to his Mas ter's thesis\, Developing Criteria for Identifying Authentication Expe rts in the Art World\, Their Establishment as Such\, Their Recognition and Their Use.
\nIn 2002\, Roman established The Roman Goronok Com pany\, a boutique investment firm specializing in fine and rare stringed i nstruments. He has expertise in the provenance and identification of instr uments\, the needs of professional musicians\, the world of patronage and collection\, and the business of investment.
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