Vitaly Pisarenko (born 24 July 1987) is a Ukrainian pianist. He was the winner of the

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in 2008. Vitaly Pisarenko was born in

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, and performed for the first time in public when he was six years old. He studied in

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and Kyiv, and in 2005 entered the Professor Yuri Slesarev's class at the Moscow State Conservatory. He also studied at the Rotterdam Conservatory Codarts, under Aquiles Delle Vigne. Pisarenko has performed as a soloist in Russia, Italy, North Macedonia, Austria, the Netherlands and Germany. He won first prize at the "Inter Fest Bitola" competition in Dnevnik (North Macedonia) in October 2005. He also won the 3rd prize, the audience prize and the special prize of

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at the 5th Franz Liszt Competition in

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in 2006. In addition, he won the International Piano Competition "Citta di Trani" in Italy. In 2008, he was the winner of the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht. In 2015, Pisarenko was a finalist at the

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in the UK, finishing in third place.

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1987 births Living people Ukrainian classical pianists Ukrainian male classical pianists Prize-winners of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition 21st-century Ukrainian classical pianists 21st-century Ukrainian male musicians Codarts University for the Arts alumni International Franz Liszt Piano Competition winners {{Ukraine-classical-pianist-stub