'' Stanislav Khristenko '' ( uk, Станiслав Христенко); born May 25, 1984, in

Kharkiv, Ukraine Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

, is a

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concert

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Life

Stanislav Khristenko was born in

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into a Ukrainian-Jewish family and started taking piano lessons at the age of 7. He got his professional training at

Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

and

Cleveland Institute of Music The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) is a private music conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1920 by Ernest Bloch, it enrolls 325 students in the conservatory and approximately 1,500 students in the preparatory and continuing educa ...

Career

In 2010, Khristenko made his Vienna Konzerthaus debut and released his Ernest Krenek Works CD on Oehms Classics. In 2013, Khristenko won the Maria Canals International Music Competition, Cleveland Piano Competition, and Fourth prize at the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition. In 2014, Khristenko made his debut in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and released his album ''Fantasies'' on the

Steinway Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway (), is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in Manhattan by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway). The company's growth led to the opening of a f ...

recording label In February 2015, Khristenko was officially added to the roster of

Artists. In the summer of 2015, he also debuted at the

Ravinia Festival Ravinia Festival is an outdoor music venue in Highland Park, Illinois. It hosts a series of outdoor concerts and performances every summer from June to September. The first orchestra to perform at Ravinia Festival was the New York Philharmonic unde ...

and released the first volume of his recording of Ernst Krenek's piano works on

Toccata Classics Toccata Classics is an independent British classic music label founded in 2005. The founder of Toccata Classics is Martin Anderson, a music journalist. The label was founded primarily to promote unrecorded works by lesser-known composers, inc ...

Recordings

* 2020 –

– Ernst Krenek: Piano Music Volume Two * 2015 –

– Ernst Krenek: Piano Music Volume One * 2014 –

Steinway & Sons Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway (), is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in Manhattan by German piano builder Henry E. Steinway, Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway). The company's growth led to ...

Label – Fantasies * 2013 –

Queen Elisabeth Competition The Queen Elisabeth Competition ( nl, Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd, french: Concours musical international Reine Élisabeth) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in City of Brussels, Brussels. The competition is n ...

Winners CD * 2012 – Oehms Classics – Ernst Krenek Piano Works

Awards

2013

Cleveland International Piano Competition The Cleveland International Piano Competition is an American piano competition that takes place biennially in Cleveland, Ohio. The initial Competition in 1975 and the nine others that followed were sponsored jointly by the Robert Casadesus Society ...

(USA, I prize) Queen Elizabeth Competition (Belgium, IV prize)

Maria Canals International Music Competition The Maria Canals International Music Competition ( ca, Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona, ) is a music competition held yearly in the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona. It was founded as a piano competition in 1954, but ...

(Spain, I prize) 2012 Parnassos International Piano Competition (Mexico, I prize) UNISA International Piano Competition (South Africa, III prize) 2011 V Campillos International Piano Competition (Spain, I prize) Almaty International Piano Competition (Kazakhstan, I prize) 2010 "Citta di Cantu" International Competition for Piano and Orchestra (Italy, I prize & Grand Prix) Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition (Los Angeles, CA, USA, I prize) 2009 Bosendorfer International Piano Competition (Tempe, AZ, I prize) Virginia Waring International Piano Competition (Palm Desert, CA, I & II prizes) 2008 Isang Yun International Piano Competition (South Korea, II prize) Wideman International Piano Competition (Shreveport, LA, USA, I prize) 2007 1st International Gaidamovich Chamber Music Competition (Russia, I prize) International Rubinstein Chamber Music Competition (Russia, II prize) 2006 Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize International Piano Competition (Italy, I prize) Takamatsu International Piano Competition (Japan, II prize ) "Benedetto XIII prize" International Piano Competition (Italy, I prize) 2005

(USA, III prize) Pausylipon Prize International Piano Competition (Italy, I prize ) 2004 Dimitrios Vikelas International Piano Competition (Greece, I prize) 1999 Kosice International Piano Competition (Slovakia, I prize) 1998 Ettlingen International Piano Competition for young pianists (Germany, IV prize)

References

External links

* Stanislav Khristenko Official Web Sit

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