The son of Vladimir Spivakov. Sasha Rozhdestvensky is considered to be one of Russia's finest young violinists. Yehudi Menuhin pronounced him to be "one of the most talented and refined violinists of his generation", while the legendary violinist Ivry Gitlis said of him: "He belongs to the great line of outstanding artists. His approach and relationship ot music and hte violinis intense,highly sensitive and intelligent". He has appeared internationally with leading orchestras such as the Bavarian State Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Het Residentie Orkest, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra of La Scala, Mariinsky Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, State Symphony Capella of Russia, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, West Australia Symphony Orchestra, the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra.