Igor Malinovsky received Austrian citizenship as a reward for his artistic services to the country.
[citation needed] Malinovsky was born on 6 November 1977 in Sverdlovsk, USSR, into a family with a long musical tradition.
From an early age, Igor Malinovsky performed with renowned orchestras as a soloist such as the Zagreb Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, in Gasteig/Munich, in the Vienna Musikverein and the Vienna Konzerthaus, in the Kongresshalle Lucherne and participated as soloist on tours of Asia, South America and Europe.
Igor Malinovsky was the first concertmaster of the Bavarian State Orchestra (music director Zubin Mehta) 2002 - 2005, the Orchestra of the Komischen Oper Berlin (music director Kirill Petrenko) 2005-2010 and the Orchestra Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia (music director Lorin Maazel).
Since 2011, Igor Malinovsky is Professor of Violin at the University of Music „Carl Maria von Weber“, Dresden in Germany and guest Professor at the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya, Barcelona.