Dmitri Berlinsky is an international solo violin

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ist, chamber music

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ian and a teacher. He took first prize in the Paganini Competition

Paganini Competition

The Paganini Competition is an international violin competition named after the famed virtuoso and founder of contemporary violin technique Niccolò Paganini. Created in 1954 it has been carried out ever since in the months of September and October. The "Paganini Competition" is one of the most...

 (Italy), and was the winner of the Montreal International Violin Competition, the International Tchaikovsky Competition

International Tchaikovsky Competition

The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow, Russia for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 30 years of age, and singers between 19 and 32 years of age...

, and the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

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 in Brussels

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. Berlinsky has performed with major orchestras in Europe, Russia, Asia, and North and South America.

He has presented recitals and concerts in more than 40 U.S. state

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s, in addition to Australia

Australia

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, Mexico

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, Korea

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, the Czech Republic

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, Uruguay

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, Belgium

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, France

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, Russia

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, Canada

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, Japan

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, Taiwan

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, Guatemala

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, Peru

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, and Italy

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He has performed at Mostly Mozart

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, Prague Spring

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, Aspen Music

Aspen Music Festival and School

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, and Newport Music

Newport Music Festival

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 festivals. He has also performed in the Settimane Musicale (Italy), and has toured South America with the Prague Chamber Orchestra. Berlinsky has made recordings for Melodiya

Melodiya

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 (Russia), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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, and Helicon Records

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Originally from Saint Petersburg

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, Russia, Berlinsky received a bachelor of music and master of music from the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

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, and a performer's certificate from the Juilliard School of Music. He studied with Victor Tretiakov, E. Chugaeva, N. Latinsky, Dorothy DeLay

Dorothy DeLay

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, Masao Kawasaki, L. Ivaschenko, B. Sergeev, B. Gutnikov, and Mikhail Bezverkhny

Mikhail Bezverkhny

Mikhail Lvovich Bezverkhny is a Russian violinist, violist and composer.-Life and career:Born in Saint Petersburg in 1947, Bezverkhny commenced his violin studies at the age of 5 at the Central Music School of the Conservatory of Saint Petersburg. He was a student of Liubov Segal and Jacob...

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Berlinsky taught at Chautauqua

Chautauqua

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 and Summit Music Festivals in New York, International Academy of Music in Italy, and Shuan Yin Festival in Taiwan. He gave master classes at the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

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, Temple University

Temple University

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, and Roosevelt University

Roosevelt University

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Many of his former students have won important international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky, Menuhin, and Tibor Varga, and have assumed positions in orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Boston Symphony Orchestra

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External links

• http://www.dmitriberlinsky.com