Boris Kuschnir

Boris Kuschnir, born in Kyiv in 1948, studied violin with Boris Belenkij and chamber music with Valentin Berlinskij at the Moscow Conservatory. Influenced by Dmitri Shostakovich, with whom he collaborated on the late quartets, and David Oistrakh, his career began in 1969 after winning the All-Union Competition in Leningrad, where he performed Beethoven’s Violin Concerto under the baton of Yuri Temirkanov.

A professor in Vienna since 1984 and in Graz since 1999, Kuschnir has trained renowned violinists such as Julian Rachlin, Nikolaj Znaider, Maria Dueñas, and Sergey Dogadin, whose numerous competition victories attest to the excellence of his teaching. He is also an honorary professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

Kuschnir founded the Vienna Schubert Trio and the Brahms Trio, winning numerous prestigious awards, and has performed in renowned venues such as the Vienna Musikverein, La Scala in Milan, and Wigmore Hall in London. He holds the Grand Decoration of Honour of Austria and the Austrian Cross of Honour.