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Sergei Leonidovich Dorensky (russian: Серге́й Леони́дович Доре́нский; 3 December 1931 – 26 February 2020) was a Russian pianist. He was trained under
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at the
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. Dorensky was awarded a gold medal at the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students and the 1957 Rio de Janeiro Competition's 2nd prize, which allowed him to perform throughout Western Europe and America. That same year he was appointed a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory, where he held a professorship from 1978 until 1997. He has taught many wonderful pianists, which include
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, Denis Matsuev, Alexander Shtarkman,
Olga Kern Olga Vladimirovna Kern (russian: Ольга Владимировна Керн; born Olga Pushechnikova, 23 April 1975) is a Russian American, Russian-American classical pianist. She became an American citizen in 2016. Early life Olga Kern was bor ...
, Feodor Amirov, Andrei Pisarev and
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. He served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 and 1992.Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition “Winners, members of the jury and artistic guests”
/ref> He was named a
People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...
in 1989, and was decorated with the
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eight years later. He was the Russian Fryderyk Chopin and Sergey Rachmaninov Societies' vice-president.


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Cincinnati's World Piano Competition



Moscow Conservatory
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