Since 2005, Vengerov has held the position of Professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London.In 2006 he founded Musicians of Tomorrow together with Dr Anna Rosnovsky in Northern Israel . During a sabbatical year in 2007, Vengerov was the subject of the film Living the Dream, directed by Ken Howard, for ITV's South Bank Show, in which he revisited his birthplace in Novosibirsk and played viola and danced tango with Christiane Palha for the premiere of Benjamin Yusupov's Concerto for Viola. Living the Dream was also issued as an EMI DVD, which won the BBC Music Magazine Award for Best DVD documentary 2008.[citation needed]
From 2008 to 2012, Vengerov performed only infrequently in public on violin, having suffered an exercise injury that affected his playing. During that time, he devoted himself extensively to conducting. In March 2012, he gave his first performance in London in four years, replacing an indisposed Martha Argerich at a concert with Yuri Temirkanov and St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. In April 2012 he gave a recital at Wigmore Hall in London, which was to be his comeback recital in London.
Recently, the artist has also renewed and consolidated his ties with Poland. He has been performing with the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Sinfonietta Cracovia and the Polish Baltic Philharmonic. In October 2006, his concert with the Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Andrzej Boreyko closed the 13th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań. In October 2011 he was the chairman of the jury at the 14th edition of the competition. In November 2011, he married Olga Gringolts, sister of the violinist Ilya Gringolts. In October 2012, after his recital with pianist Vag Papian at Adam Mickiewicz University Auditorium in Poznań, Vengerov accepted appointment as the Chairman of Jury of the 15th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2016.[7] With Musicalta, he has returned to performing in France, giving a recital at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, on February 23, 2013. He has announced further French concerts in Paris and Lyon in 2014. (Wikipedia)
