Sergei Dorensky is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n pianist.

He was trained under Grigory Ginsburg at the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...

. Dorensky was awarded a Gold Medal at the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students

5th World Festival of Youth and Students

The Fifth World Festival of Youth and Students was held in 1955, in Warsaw, the capital of the then People's Republic of Poland.The World Federation of Democratic Youth organized this festival during the rise of the peaceful coexistence concept introduced by Nikita Khrushchev among the socialist...

 and the 1957 Rio de Janeiro Competition's 2nd Prize, which allowed him to perform through Western Europe and America.

That same year he was appointed a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory, where he held a professorship from 1978-1997. He was named a People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of Russia, also sometimes translated as National Artist of Russia, is an honorary title granted to citizens of Russia.It succeeded both the all-Soviet union award People's Artist of the USSR , and more directly the local republic award, People's Artist of the RSFSR , after the...

 in 1989, and was decorated the Order of Friendship

Order of Friendship

The Order of Friendship is a state decoration of Russia established by decree # 442 of March 2, 1994 of the President of the Russian Federation....

eight years later. He is the Russian Fryderyk Chopin and Sergey Rachmaninov Societies' vice-president.