The violinist Maxim Fedotov is a People’s Artist of Russia, soloist of the Moscow State Academic Philharmonic Society, and laureate of many international competitions including the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the Tokyo International Competition. Acclaimed by the press as a Russian Paganini, he performs all the main violin repertoire, and has appeared in the principal concert halls of Russia, and in Western Europe in Milan, at the Salzburg Mozarteum, in Madrid, Leipzig, Berlin, and Vienna, as well as in Japan and elsewhere. He has performed with all the major orchestras of Russia, Europe and Japan, and has a repertoire of more than fifty concertos. From 1998 to 2001 he served as a Professor of the Moscow State Conservatory and since 2002 has been President of the Association of Laureates of the International Tchaikovsky competition. In 2003 he became professor and head of the violin and viola section of the Russian Music Academy. He has served as a jury member for various international violin competitions, and has given master-classes in Germany, Spain, Japan, Croatia, Australia and elsewhere. Maxim Fedotov was the first violinist to give a recital on both the violins left by Paganini.