Igor Pikayzen

Pikayzen was born in Moscow, Russia to a musical family. He began his violin lessons at the age of 5 with his grandfather Wiktor Alexandrowitsch Pikaisen. At the age of 8 he gave his first concert Mozart's Concerto No. 2 and by the age of 12 he began appearing with Moscow Radio Symphony, Ankara Philharmonic and Moscow Chamber Orchestra. In 1999 he relocated to the United States and took his first professional lessons at the Manhattan School of Music with Keng-Yuen Tseng as his guide.

He holds a BM from The Juilliard School and an MM and AD from Yale School of Music, as well as being a DMA candidate at the City University of New York Graduate Center

Since 2012 he has appeared as a soloist with orchestras across Europe, Asia, North and South America in Carnegie Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall, Flagey, Alice Tully Hall, Cadogan Hall, Taipei Concert Hall, President Hall, Tbilisi Opera Hall, Sala Felipe Villanueva, National Palace of Arts in Mexico City, Teatro San Cugat in Barcelona, Teatro de Llago en Frutillar, Teatro Carlo Felice, Sendai Concert Hall in Japan, Minor Hall of Moscow Conservatory. Appearing as soloist with the national symphonic orchestras of Russia, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, Mexico, Poland, Italy, Romania, Mexico, Chile, Georgia, and the US, he has recorded works of Paganini, Ysaye, Tchaikovsky, Marteau, Debussy, Brahms, Elliott Carter, Saint-Saens for Naxos Pentatone ProMusica, Ansonia labels. He is a frequent guest at festivals in Georgia, Peru, Germany, Switzerland and USA. He holds a position on the violin faculty of Brooklyn Conservatory.[1]

• 2008 — International Competition for Violin Kloster Schöntal — 2nd Prize
• 2009 — Tadeusz Wronski International Competition — 1st Prize[2]
• 2013 — Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition — 2nd Prize
• 2015 - {{Luis Sigall International Violin Competition "Vina del Mar"]] - 1st prize

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