Boris Mironowitsch Pergamenschikow, Борис Миронович Пергаменщиков, Boris Piergamienszczikow (29 August 1948 in Leningrad – 30 April 2004 in Berlin[1]), was a Russian-born cellist.
In 1974, Boris Pergamenschikow won a gold medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
[2] In 1977, he emigrated from the USSR to the West, which enabled him to start an international career.
Over the following years he performed as a soloist with leading orchestras and acclaimed as a chamber musician.
[3] He moved to Germany, where he taught at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne (1977–1992) and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.