Cloud over Hannover: Winner was student of Russian judge

Cloud over Hannover: Winner was student of Russian judge

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norman lebrecht

October 11, 2015

It appears that Sergey Dogadin, winner of the richly endowed Joseph Joachim competition, is a student of Boris Kushner, one of the judges. The relationship was not declared on the competition website.

It is made clear in Dogadin’s biography here: In March 2013, Sergei was adopted in solo graduate of the University of Arts in Graz (Austria), Professor – Boris Kushnir.

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So did Kushnir vote for his own student to win? And did the other judges know?

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