Nikolai Sachenko

Sachenko was born in 1977 in Alma Ata, the capital of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan). When he was six years old, he began studying violin at a music school in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.{{cite web |title=Николай Саченко |url=http://www.nros.ru/nros/ru//nros/ru/n_28/o_77 |lang=ru |publisher=Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra |access-date=24 November 2021}} He moved to Moscow in 1987 to study at the Moscow Conservatory, where he was sponsored by the {{ill|New Names Foundation|ru|Новые имена (фонд)}} and trained with professors such as {{ill|Igor Bezrodny|ru|Безродный, Игорь Семёнович}}.{{cite web |last=Kravchenko |first=Valery |title=Саченко Николай Анатольевич (биография) |url=http://www.kamchatsky-krai.ru/biography/sachenko.htm |lang=ru |website=Kamchatka Krai |access-date=24 November 2021}} In 1995, Sachenko participated in the 3rd International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart, where he finished in 4th place and won the Audience Prize.{{cite web |title=3. Internationaler Violinwettbewerb Leopold Mozart 1995 |url=https://www.leopold-mozart-kuratorium.de/r%C3%BCckblick/1995/ |lang=de |publisher=Leopold Mozart Kuratorium |access-date=24 November 2021}} At the age of 21, he was named the top violinist at the 11th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1998, playing a violin made by the 18th-century French luthier {{ill|Jean-Baptiste Salomon|de}}. Russia dominated the competition that year: in addition to Sachenko, the pianist Denis Matsuev and the cellist {{ill|Denis Shapovalov (cellist)|lt=Denis Shapovalov|ru|Шаповалов, Денис Валерьевич}} were awarded the top prizes in their respective categories.{{cite news |title=Russian musicians win first prizes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89495276/the-advocate-messenger/ |access-date=24 November 2021 |work=The Advocate-Messenger |agency=Associated Press |date=1 July 1998 |page=C7}} Sachenko embarked on an international concert tour after winning the competition.

In 2005 he became the concertmaster of the {{ill|Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra|ru|Новая Россия (оркестр)}}, conducted by Yuri Bashmet. The following year, he became a soloist with the {{ill|Moscow State Philharmonic Society|ru|Московская государственная академическая филармония}}.{{cite news |title=Russian violinist holds master class for students in Bishkek |agency=AKIpress News Agency |date=30 October 2014 |id={{ProQuest|1618249761}}}} Sachenko has been a member of the Brahms Trio since 2008, performing with the pianist Natalia Rubinstein and the cellist Kirill Rodin.{{cite journal |last=Potter |first=Tully |title=The Russian Piano Trio Tradition |journal=Musical Opinion |issn=0027-4623 |date=Oct–Dec 2021 |volume=144 |issue=1529 |pages=15–17 |id={{ProQuest|2582842814}}}}{{cite web |title=Nikolai Sachenko (violin) |url=http://www.brahms-trio.ru/english/nikolai |publisher=Brahms Trio |access-date=25 November 2021}} The trio's focus is on infrequently-performed piano trios by Russian composers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.{{cite news |last=Lacroix |first=Jean |title=Le Trio Brahms complète son panorama de Trios à clavier russes |lang=fr |url=https://www.crescendo-magazine.be/le-trio-brahms-complete-son-panorama-de-trios-a-clavier-russes/ |access-date=25 November 2021 |work=Crescendo Magazine |date=16 March 2021}}{{cite journal |last=Morrison |first=Daniel |title=Alyabiev: Piano Trios: in E♭; in a; Glinka: Trio pathétique in d; Anton Rubinstein: Piano Trio in g, op. 15/2 |journal=Fanfare |issn=0148-9364 |date=Jul–Aug 2021 |volume=44 |issue=6 |pages=146–148 |id={{ProQuest|2535462225}}}} His performances as part of the Brahms Trio have received critical praise. Tully Potter, writing for Musical Opinion, commented that Sachenko's "focused playing is an unfailing pleasure", and David Morrison of Fanfare described his playing as "eloquently expressive and impassioned". In 2017 he was named a Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.{{cite report |date=26 December 2017 |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26.12.2017 No. 627 'О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации' |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201712260015?index=12&rangeSize=1 |lang=ru |page=13 |access-date=25 November 2021}} In September 2022 he joined the Borodin Quartet as new first violinist following the retirement of Ruben Aharonian.

As of 2021, Sachenko plays a violin made by the Italian luthier Francesco Rugeri in 1697 that belongs to Russia's State Collection of Unique Musical Instruments. He has cited the violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern and the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich among his influences.

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• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr5zN7bvwRQ Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky)]: Excerpt from Sachenko's performance at the International Tchaikovsky Competition

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