From the class
Students
Soloists, chamber musicians, orchestral players and teachers: Boris Kuschnir’s former and current students follow different musical paths. These selected portraits introduce their training and artistic work.
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Student portraits
- Julian Rachlin From soloist to conductor
- Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider Music Director of the Orchestre national de Lyon
- Lidia Baich Soloist and professor at MUK
- Dalibor Karvay Professor of violin at mdw
- Alexandra Soumm Concerts, new music and social engagement
- Pavel Milyukov Prizewinner at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition
- Diana Tishchenko Grand Prix at the 2018 Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition
- Sergey Dogadin First prize at the 2019 Tchaikovsky Competition
- Yevgeny Chepovetsky Co-founder of the Oberton String Octet
- María Dueñas Soloist and Deutsche Grammophon artist
- Patricija Avšič Studies with Boris Kuschnir in Graz and Vienna
- Pilar Policano Arthur Waser Award 2025
- Yuuki Wong Prizewinner at the Michael Hill Violin Competition
- Lorenzo Gatto Beethoven sonatas and his ensemble Karavan
- Julia Turnovsky Soloist and chamber musician from Vienna
- Eldbjørg Hemsing Concert projects and music of the North
- Ragnhild Hemsing Classical repertoire and folk music from Valdres
- Patricia Kopatchinskaja Contemporary music and staged concerts
- Ondrej Janoska From the orchestra to his own ensemble
- Aleksey Igudesman Music, theatre and humour on one stage
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From the archive
22 April 1997
Student concert at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow
On 22 April 1997, Julian Rachlin, Nikolaj Znaider and Lidia Baich appeared in a concert by Boris Kuschnir’s students at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Sophie Rachlin accompanied them on piano. Boris Kuschnir also played in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins.
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Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Three Violins in F major, RV 551 · III. Allegro Julian Rachlin, Nikolaj Znaider, Lidia Baich · Sophie Rachlin (piano)
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Werner Pirchner Concerto for Two Violins, PWV 33 Nikolaj Znaider, Julian Rachlin
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Georg Friedrich Händel / Johan Halvorsen Passacaglia, arranged for two violins Nikolaj Znaider, Julian Rachlin
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Dmitri Shostakovich Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano Nikolaj Znaider, Julian Rachlin · Sophie Rachlin (piano)
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Pablo de Sarasate Navarra, op. 33 Nikolaj Znaider, Julian Rachlin · Sophie Rachlin (piano)
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Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, RV 580 · I. Allegro Nikolaj Znaider, Julian Rachlin, Lidia Baich, Boris Kuschnir · Sophie Rachlin (piano)
Further details of students and their competition successes can be found in Boris Kuschnir’s full biography. The portraits link to official artist biographies or the relevant information from universities and organisers.