Sergei Dogadin is the winner of ten international competitions, the grant-holder of the Russian Ministry of Culture, prize winner of the Mozart Society in Dortmund (Germany), winner of the award established by Maestro Yuri Temirkanov and winner of the Prize of the President of Russia.
Dogadin studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (with Prof. Vladimir Ovcharek), at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland (with Prof. Maxim Vengerov), at the High School of Music in Cologne (with Prof. Mihaela Martin) and at the University of Music in Graz (with Prof. Boris Kuschnir). Currently, Sergei improves his skills with Prof. Boris Kuschnir at the Music and Arts University in Vienna.
Since making his major debut in 2002 at the Grand Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic under the baton of Vasily Petrenko with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra, Dogadin has performed at the world’s most renowned venues such as Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Grand Theatre and Symphony Hall in Shanghai, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, Berwaldhallen in Stockholm.
He performed with the London Philharmoniс Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Nordic Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestras of Estonia and Latvia, State Symphony Orchestra of Russia as well as other foreign and Russian orchestras.
In chamber performances, Sergei has appeared on stage with Elisabeth Leonskaja, Viktor Tretiakov, David Geringas, Boris Kuschnir, Denis Matsuev, Daniil Trifonov, Narek Hakhnazaryan, Maxim Rysanov, Nikolai Tokarev, Tatiana Vasileva, Vadim Holodenko, Julian Milkis, Alexei Ogrintchouk, Boris Andrianov, Gil Shohat, Anna Vinnitskaya and others.
Many of musician’s performances have been broadcast worldwide. In 2003, Sergei Dogadin and the Ulster Symphony Orchestra recorded Alexander Glazunov’s violin concerto for BBC. In 2008, he has released his first CD album on the Solo Musica label (Munich, Germany), including the compositions by Peter Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, Sergey Prokofiev and Alexander Rosenblatt.
Sergei Dogadin had enjoyed the honor of performing during several festivals on Niccolo Paganini’s and Johann Strauss’s violins. He now plays the Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin (Parma, 1765) provided by the Fritz Behrens Stiftung (Hannover, Germany).