He regularly performed at the most prestigious concert halls of Europe, Asia, America, Australia, Middle East, the CIS and the Baltic countries.

Niccolò Paganini's cycle of 24 caprices, long considered impossible to perform, held a special place in Kogan's repertoire, which consisted mostly of great concertos for violin and orchestra.

The Robrecht violin, created in 1728 by Bartolomeo Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri (delGesù), a renowned luthier of Cremona, was purchased by the Fund and presented to Kogan in Milan on September 1, 2011.

Kogan was the founder and artistic director of the Annual International Days of High Music Festival that takes place in Vladivostok and since 2005 it has been also held on Sakhalin.

The main goal of the Fund is the continued development of the world class charity and art patronage traditions of Russia.

The Fund intends to search for unique musical instruments and to have them restored by the best art conservators and then to hand them over to professional musicians.

In April 2012 Kogan chaired the board of regents at the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire together with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.

From April 2013 onwards he chaired the International Musical Kremlin Festival that was founded by Nikolay Petrov, a prominent Russian pianist and Kogan's friend and mentor.

In April 2013 Kogan recorded a charity album titled 'The Time of High Music' in the Pillar Hall of the House of the Unions in Moscow.

The Time of High Music, the violinist's charity tour across the 83 subjects of the Russian Federation, began in Tver on June 15, 2013.

A charity concert by Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation Dmitri Kogan took place at the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory on December 21, 2013.

During these themedf concert event Kohan played Five great musical instruments made by the legendary louthiers of the past – Amati, Stradivari, Guarneri, Guadagnini and Vuillaume.

The International Musical Kremlin Festival was founded in 2000 by Nikolay Petrov – the piano virtuoso, teacher, professor and public figure.

The Arctic Classical Music Fest was founded in 2014 by Kogan and Igor Koshin, Governor of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

The goal of the festival is to present the best examples of classical music and high art to people living in the Russia's Far North.

Dmitri Kogan was married to Xenia Chilingarova, the daughter of a polar explorer and deputy of the State Duma Artur Chilingarov from 2009 to 2012.