Sergei Roldugin was born in Riga in 1951. Began playing the piano at the age of five and the cello at the age of eight. Graduated from the Leningrad Conservatoire (1975) and postgraduate courses in the

In 1984 Sergei Roldugin became the principal solo cellist in the Kirov Opera Theatre Orchestra. Laureate of the Prague Spring International Cello Competition (III Prize and Bronze medal, 1980). Has