Boris Kuschnir

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Boris Kuschnir (born 1948) is a Ukrainian-born Austrian violinist and academic.

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Background and early life

Born in Kyiv [1] in 1948, he studied violin with Boris Beleňkiy  [ ru ] at the Moscow Conservatoire and chamber music with Valentin Berlinsky of the Borodin Quartet.

Career

In 1982 he became an Austrian citizen. He is a professor at the Konservatorium Wien University since 1984 and also a distinguished Professor at the University of Music in Graz since 1999.

Playing in various chamber music ensembles, he co-founded the Wiener Schubert Trio in 1984, [2] the Vienna Brahms Trio in 1993 and the Kopelman Quartet in 2002.

Students

Several of Kuschnir's students were successful at international violin competitions:

In addition to this he educated more than 40 laureates of national and international competitions. His pupils have been appointed Professors at Universities, playing in various chamber music ensembles and orchestras of the world – 6 of his students play at the Vienna Philharmonics.

Violin Competitions

Kuschnir gives masterclasses at renowned classical music events like the Verbier Festival Academy and Kronberg Academy. He appears as a jury member of various international music competitions such as the Queen Elizabeth Music Competition in Brussels, Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Niccolò Paganini Competition in Genua, the Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris, Joseph Joachim Competition in Hannover, Tibor Varga Competition in Switzerland, Michael Hill Competition in New Zealand, Eurovision Competition, David Oistrakh Competition in Moscow, Pablo de Sarasate Competition in Pamplona, George Enescu Competition in Bucharest, Seoul International Music Competition, Violin Masters in Monte Carlo, ARD International Music Competition in Munich, Louis Spohr Competition in Weimar, Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in Fermo, Aram Khachaturian International Competition in Jerewan, the Yankelevitch International Violin Competition in Omsk and the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition.

Chamber music

In 1984 Boris Kuschnir founded the Wiener Schubert Trio which received many prestigious awards, among them the 1. Prize at the international Chamber Music Competition Sergio Lorenzi in Trieste, the Mozart Interpretationspreis 1988 in Vienna and the Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation 1990.

Kuschnir founded the Vienna Brahms Trio in 1993. In 1996, the trio won first prize at the 9th International Chamber Music Competition in Illzach, France. Their recording of Schumann's complete works for piano trio was released on the Naxos label in 1999.

He was co-founder of the Kopelman Quartet in 2002, with which he is giving concerts all over the world since and has released CDs at Nimbus Records and Wigmore Hall Live.

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References

  1. Znaider, Nikolaj. "Boris Kuschnir". The Strad December 2009. The Strad Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  2. Solder, Alfred. "Trio élégiaque". Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien. Musikverein Wien. Retrieved 22 March 2012.[ permanent dead link ]