BREAKING | VC Artist Fedor Rudin Appointed Concertmaster of Vienna State Opera & Philharmonic

26-year-old French-Russian VC Artist Fedor Rudin has been appointment to a Concertmaster position of the Vienna State Opera and Philharmonic

It has been announced today that 26-year-old French-Russian VC Artist Fedor Rudin has been appointment to a Concertmaster position of the Vienna State Opera and Philharmonic - effective from September 2019.

A graduate of the Mozarteum University of Salzburg and the Cologne High School of Music, where he studied with Pierre Amoyal and Zakhar Bron, and current student of Boris Kuschnir at the Graz University of Music, Fedor is a former major prize winner at the Paganini, Enescu, Marteau, Khachaturian, Lipizer and Qingdao International Violin Competitions.

He will share the joint operatic and symphonic leadership role as 1 of 4 Vienna State Opera and Philharmonic Concertmasters - replacing Jose Maria Blumenschein, who retired from the ensembles at the end of last season.

Fedor will serve a customary initial 2 year probation period - before being officially appointed to the life-long role. 

VC ARTIST FEDOR RUDIN | SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO | MICHAEL ZLABINGER & ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO CARLO FELICE | 2018 PAGANINI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION