Sergei Pavlovich Roldugin

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Sergei Roldugin in Palmyra 2016

Sergei Pawlowitsch Roldugin ( Russian Сергей Павлович Ролдугин ; born September 28, 1951 in Sakhalin ) is a Russian cellist .

Life

Roldugin attended the Emīla-Dārziņa music school in Riga (graduated in 1970) and then the Leningrad Conservatory . In the latter, he returned in 2002 and was rector there until 2005. In 2006 Roldugin became artistic director of the House of Music in St. Petersburg, which was founded on his initiative.

In 1984 he became a member of the orchestra in the Mariinsky Theater , where he quickly became a soloist . Roldugin works as a cellist and conductor both in Russia and internationally. In 2009 he appeared as a cellist at the Dresden Opera Ball in the accompanying program.

Roldugin is one of the close friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin , and the two have known each other since the 1970s. His first marriage was to Irina Nikitina and his second marriage to Elena Mirtova. He lives in Saint Petersburg . In 2005, Roldugin was awarded the People's Artist of Russia award and the Order of Honor for his special services in the performing arts .

Panama Papers

In April 2016, Roldugin's business activities became known in the course of the publication of the Panama Papers . It is about a company network, through which around two billion US dollars flowed. Allegedly it was about buying very expensive musical instruments.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Guardian: Sergei Roldugin, the cellist who holds the key to tracing Putin's hidden fortune
  2. ↑ Информационный вброс: что известно про друга президента Сергея Ролдугина (Russian), accessed April 9, 2016.
  3. ^ Mariinsky Theater: Sergei Roldugin , accessed April 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 1 августа 2005 года № 900 «О награждении государсктвенными насударскойнными Расиградийцеасид»
  5. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Putin's enigmatic friend with a cello
  6. ↑ Spiegel.de: Panama data and the Russians: The system is corrupt. So what?
  7. ↑ http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/panama-papers-105~_origin-eed5f428-bc71-457d-9582-19870bb7c688.html
personal data
SURNAME Roldugin, Sergei Pavlovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roldugin, Sergei; Ролдугин, Сергей Павлович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian cellist
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Sakhalin