Konstantin Soukhovetski

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Russia n pianist Konstantin Soukhovetski was born in 1981 into a family of artists, and began playing the piano at the age of four. He studied at the Moscow Central School under the auspices of the Moscow Conservatory, where his special subjects also included composition and acting. He then studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York, gaining his bachelor's degree in 2003 with the Anton Rubenstein Prize as an outstanding pianist. He received his Master's degree from Juilliard in 2005, and is presently in the Artist's diploma program at Juilliard, studying with Jerome Lowenthal. He was named winner of the William Petschek Piano Debut Recital Award for 2006. His NYC debut recital was on April 20th, 2006 at 8pm at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

In 2002 Soukhovetski won First Prize in the Walter W. Naumberg Piano Competition and Second Prize in the Hilton Head International Competition. This was followed in 2003 with success in Juilliard's Gina Bachauer Competition and the Cleveland International Piano Competition, and in 2004 he won Second Prize in the UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa.

Before coming to the United States, Soukhovetski performed extensively in Western Europe and Russia. During 1998 and 1999 he toured and performed with the Russian violin ist Vladimir Spivakov in France, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, as well as North America. He also performed at the Colmar Festival in France.

Soukhovetski has recently performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Pretoria Symphony (South Africa), and the Austin Symphony (Minnesota). He gave his Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall debut in 2003, and played for Their Royal Highnesses Prince Raed and Princess Maida in Amman, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon. He has also performed at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Severance Hall and Jordan Hall in Boston and the Bolshoi Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. In May 2002 Soukhovetski was featured in a live performance on NPR's Performance Today, and in October 2003 he appeared on WQKR's Young Artist's Showcase, hosted by Bob Sherman live from the Juiliard School. In September, 2005 Soukhovetski completed a four-week tour in South Africa (Solo recitals and concerti with major orchestras) and had a recital at the Louvre Museum in Paris on 3/2/06.