Boris Kuschnir

Boris Kuschnir ( Ukrainian Борис Ісакович Кушнір Borys Issakowytsch Kuschnir , scientific transliteration Borys Isakovyč Kušnir ; born October 28, 1948 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian - Austrian violinist .

Life

Boris Kuschnir was born in Kiev in 1948 into a family of musicians, studied violin with Boris Belenkij and chamber music with Valentin Berlinskij ( Borodin Quartet ) at the Moscow State P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory .

Lasting influence on his artistic development had His many encounters with Dmitri Shostakovich and David Oistrakh , who also taught him. His career began in 1969 when he was one of three winners at the All Union Competition in Leningrad and played the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Leningrad Philharmonic under the direction of Yuri Temirkanov in the final .

Subsequently he won numerous prizes at international violin and chamber music competitions (Paris, Belgrade, Sion, Trapani, Bratislava, Florence, Trieste, Gorizia, Hamburg, Vercelli). In 1970 he founded the Moscow String Quartet and was a permanent member of it until 1979. As a native Jew, he was able to apply to leave the Soviet Union in 1980 . A year later he emigrated to Vienna . He has lived in Austria since 1981, received Austrian citizenship in 1982, was first concertmaster of the Bruckner Orchester Linz until 1983 , has been a professor at the Vienna Conservatory since 1984 and has been a full professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz since 1999 .

His educational activity found international recognition in connection with the artistic career of his students Julian Rachlin (1st prize international Eurovision competition, Amsterdam 1988), Nikolaj Znaider (1st prize Queen Elizabeth competition, Brussels 1997), Sergey Dogadin (1st prize international Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, Hanover 2015 and Grand Prix at the International Yuri Yankelevich Violin Competition in Omsk, Russia 2013), Pavel Milyukov (3rd Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, 2015, 1st Prize Aram Khachaturian International Competition, 2012, 2nd Prize Seoul International Music Competition, 2012), Lidia Baich (1st Prize International Eurovision Competition, Vienna 1998), Dalibor Karvay (1st Prize International Eurovision Competition, Berlin 2002; 1st Prize International Tibor Varga Competition, Switzerland 2003; 1st Prize International David Oistrach Violin Competition , Moscow 2008), Alexandra Soumm (1st prize international Eurovisions competition, Lucerne 2004), Lorenzo Gatto (2. Prize Queen Elizabeth Competition, Brussels 2009), Eugene Chepovetsky (2nd Prize International David Oistrakh Competition, Moscow 2008 and 3rd Prize Louis Spohr Competition, Weimar 2013), Yuuki Wong (2nd Prize Michael Hill Competition, New Zealand 2007), Julia Turnovsky (3rd Prize International David Oistrach Violin Competition, Moscow 2008). During his teaching activities, he has produced more than 40 winners from national and international competitions. In addition, he has taught more than 40 award winners at national and international music competitions. Some of his students have been awarded professorships at universities, and they play in numerous chamber ensembles and orchestras around the world. Six of his students are now members of the Vienna Philharmonic; one of his most important students (1989–1998) is Aleksey Igudesman .

In addition, he has repeatedly worked as a lecturer in master classes and as a jury member for international competitions a. a. Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels, Tschaikovsky Competition in Moscow, International Violin Competition in Indianapolis, Niccolò Paganini Competition in Genoa, Jacques Thibaud Competition in Paris, Joseph Joachim Competition in Hanover, Tibor Varga Competition in Switzerland, Michael Hill Competition in New Zealand, Eurovision Competition, David Oistrach Competition in Moscow, Pablo de Sarasate Competition in Pamplona, George Enescu Competition in Bucharest, Seoul International Music Competition, Violin Masters in Monte Carlo, ARD Music Competition in Munich, Louis Spohr Competition in Weimar, Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in Fermo, Aram Khachaturian International Competition in Yerevan, Yankelevitch International Violin Competition in Omsk and at the international chamber music competition in Melbourne.

In 1984, together with the pianist Claus-Christian Schuster and the cellist Martin Hornstein, he founded the internationally acclaimed Wiener Schubert Trio (including 1st prize at the Sergio Lorenzi International Chamber Music Competition in Trieste 1985, at which Sandor Vegh was jury president, 1988 Mozart Interpretation Prize, Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation 1990 etc.). Boris Kuschnir played as a soloist and chamber musician in the most important music centers of the world: Musikverein (Vienna), Teatro alla Scala (Milano), La Fenice (Venice), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Berlin Philharmonic, Wigmore Hall (London), Théâtre des Champs- Elyssès (Paris), Hall of the Tschaikovsky Conservatory (Moscow), Ishibashi Memorial Hall (Tokyo) and at major international festivals such as Salzburg Festival, Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus Festival, Wiener Festwochen , Besançon (Washington), Spoleto (Naples), Stresa, Bregenz Festival, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Festival, Swiatoslaw-Richter-Winter Festival (Moscow), Julian Rachlin & Friends (Dubrovnik), Verbier Festival (Switzerland). His chamber music partners were personalities such as L. Leonskaja, B. Berezovsky, LO Andsnes, J.-Y. Thibaudet, I. Golan, E. Bashkirova, J. Rachlin, N. Znaider, Vengerov , D. Sitkovetsky, R. Capucon, D. Garrett, J. Bashmet, G. Causse, N. Imai, L. Power, V Hagen, D. Carpenter, A. Tamestit, M. Maisky, B. Pergamenschikow, S. Isserlis, G. Capucon, S. Gabetta, G. Hoffmann, J.-G. Queyras, H. Beyerle, T. Kakuska and V. Erben (Alban Berg Quartet). As a soloist and as a chamber musician, he produced numerous recordings, of which the complete recording of Mozart's piano trios, which were published by EMI on the occasion of the Mozart year 1991, stands out.

In 1993 he founded the Vienna Brahms Trio, which made its debut at Gidon Kremer's Chamber Music Festival in Lockenhaus. In 1996 the trio won first prize at the 9th International Chamber Music Competition in Illzach ( Alsace , France). In 1999 the complete recording of Schumann's works for piano trio by the Vienna Brahms Trio was released on 2 CDs by NAXOS.

In 1999 the Austrian President Thomas Klestil awarded Boris Kuschnir the professional title of Professor .

In 2002 Boris Kuschnir was co-founder of the Kopelman Quartet , with which he has performed all over the world since then.

In 2008, the Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer awarded Boris Kuschnir the Great Silver Medal of Honor for his services to the Republic of Austria , and in 2013 the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class .

In December 2014, the President of the Chinese Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing awarded Boris Kuschnir an honorary professorship.

1991 Boris Kushnir was in recognition of his artistic achievements one by the Austrian National Bank acquired Stradivarius - Violin transfer use.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ See interview by Nikolaj Znaider with Boris Kuschnir , in: The Strad, September 2008, pp. 36–40.
↑ Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Styria: List of all honored. . Retrieved November 19, 2018.
↑ Great decorations of the state and decorations for science, research and art awarded . Article dated November 14, 2018, accessed November 19, 2018.

personal data
SURNAME	Kuschnir, Boris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian-Austrian violinist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 28, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kiev , Ukrainian SSR

[1] See interview by Nikolaj Znaider with Boris Kuschnir , in: The Strad, September 2008, pp. 36–40.

[2] Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Styria: List of all honored. . Retrieved November 19, 2018.

[3] Great decorations of the state and decorations for science, research and art awarded . Article dated November 14, 2018, accessed November 19, 2018.