Sergei Dogadin

After bright successes at the most precious violin competitions Sergei Dogadin acquired international fame as one of the best violinist of his generation.

In 2019 Sergei was awarded First Prize and Golden Medal at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Among his other significant victories such major contents as IX Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover and Singapore International Violin Competition.

Since making his major debut in 2002 at the Grand Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonie under the button of Vasily Petrenko and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra, Dogadin has performed on world’s most renowned venues such as Golden Hall of the «Musikverein» in Vienna, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, «Herkules-saal» and «Gasteig» in Munich, «Liederhalle» in Stuttgart, «Concertgebouw» and «Muziekgebouw» in Amsterdam, «Suntory Hall» in Tokyo, Symphony Hall in Osaka, Concert Hall «Kitara» in Sapporo, «Esplanade» Concert Hall in Singapore, «Festspielhaus» in Baden-Baden, Grand Theatre and Symphony Hall in Shanghai, «Auditorio Nacional» in Madrid, «Alte Oper» in Frankfurt,  «Tonhalle» in Zurich and Dusseldorf, «Tivoli concert hall» in Copenhagen, «Berwaldhallen» in Stockholm, collaborated together with London Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonkünstler Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Frankfurter Museum Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, «Kremerata Baltica», Munich Kammerorchester, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie,  Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestras of  Estonia and Latvia as well as other orchestras.

Many of Dogadin’s performances have been broadcasted worldwide – on Mezzo classic (France), «Medici.tv», European Broadcasting Union (EBU), BR Klassic, WDR and NDR Kultur (Germany), YLE Radio (Finland), NHK (Japan), BBC (UK),  Australian Radio, Polish Radio,  Estonian and Latvian Radio.

Sergei has taken part in festivals «Stars of the White Nights», «Arts Square», «Crescendo», Trans-Siberian Art Festival, Mstislav Rostropovich festival, George Enescu festival, Tivoli festival, Herbstfestspiele Baden-Baden, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, «Festival International de Colmar», Oleg Kagan Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, «Vladimir Spivakov Invites», «Chopin and his Europe», Baltic Sea Festival, «Vivarte», Singapore Violin Festival etc.

He has collaborated with such prominent conductors as Yury Temirkanov, Vladimir Ashkenazi, Vassily Sinaisky, Vladimir Spivakov, Yuri Bashmet, Mikhail Pletnev, Valery Gergiev, Manfred Honeck, Andrew Manze, Shlomo Mintz, Aldo Ceccato, Thomas Sanderling,  Vasily Petrenko, Anu Tali, Muhai Tang, Ken Takaseki, Dmitry Liss, Alexander Sladkovsky, Nikolay Alekseev, Saulus Sondeckis, Alexander Rudin, Nicholas Carter, Kevin Griffiths, Micha? Nesterowicz   and many others.

Sharing the stage with an outstanding musicians is an important part of Sergei’s concert life. Among his partners: Elisabeth Leonskaja, Viktor Tretiakov, David Geringas, Boris Kuschnir, Daniil Trifonov, Denis Kozhukhin, Denis Matsuev, Pierre Amoyal, Alexander Kniazev, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Maxim Rysanov, Plamena Mangova, Nikolai Tokarev, Tatiana Vasileva, Dimitri Illarionov, Vadim Holodenko, Gleb Korolev, Julian Milkis, Alexei Ogrintchouk, Boris Andrianov, Lars Anders Tomter, Gil Shohat, Anna Vinnitskaya and others.

Dogadin had studied in the most famous and significant musical institutions: at the St.Petersburg Conservatory (with Prof. Vladimir Ovcharek), at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad (with Prof. Maxim Vengerov), at the High School of Music in Cologne (with Prof. Mihaela Martin) and at the University of Music in Graz (with Prof. Boris Kuschnir).

In 2008 he has released his first CD album on the «Solo Musica» label (Munich, Germany), including the compositions by Peter Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, Sergey Prokofiev and Alexander Rosenblatt.

The 2017/2018 season brought the release of two CD albums:

    – Shostakovich – Violin concerto ? 1 with the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan under the direction of Maestro A. Sladkovsky, («Melody» label);

    – Shostakovich –  Sonata for violin and piano and his 24 preludes (arrangement for violin and piano by D.Tsyganov/L.Auerbach), («Naxos» label).

Since 2017 Sergei Dogadin is a guest professor at the Liangzhu International Arts Academy (China) and the Gracias Music Academy at the School of Mahanaim (USA).

At the same time he constantly gives masterclasses in South Korea, Singapore, Latvia and Azerbaijan.

Sergei was invited as a jury member at the 4th Yankelevitch International Violin Competition and Vladimir Spivakov International Violin Competition.

Sergei Dogadin had enjoyed the honor of performing during several festivals on Niccolo Paganini’s and Johann Strauss’s violins.

At the moment he plays the Domenico Montagnana violin (Venice, 1721) provided by «The Rin Collection» (Singapore).