Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy is a Russian solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. Born in the Soviet Union, he has held Icelandic citizenship since 1972 and has been a resident of Switzerland since 1978. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. In addition, he has recorded a large repertoire of classical and romantic works. His recordings have earned him seven Grammy Awards and Iceland's Order of the Falcon.
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of age. The competition is named after Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
The Sendai International Music Competition is a triennial violin and piano music competition held in Sendai, Japan, presented in association with the Sendai International Music Competition Organizing Committee, City of Sendai and the Sendai Cultural Foundation. In the competition there is no overall winner, rather there are six winners each from the violin and piano categories, with the first-placed winners receiving the highest prize. Although the competition is international, most award-winners have been from either Europe or Asia. The first award-winner from outside those continents was American Sean Kennard, who finished fifth in the 2004 competition's piano category.
Viktor Viktorovich Tretiakov is a Russian violinist and conductor. Other spellings of his name are Victor, Tretyakov and Tretjakov.
The World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC) is an organization based in Geneva, Switzerland that maintains a network of the internationally recognized organisations that aim to discover the most promising young talents in classical music through public competition. It was founded in 1957, and now 120 of the world's leading music competitions are members of the federation.
Arbo Valdma is an Estonian pianist and music pedagogue. He is a professor of piano at the University of Music in Cologne (Germany). He received his musical education at the Tallinn Conservatory (Estonia) under Bruno Lukk and later with Nina Emelyanova at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
Baiba Skride is a Latvian classical violinist. She was the winner of the Queen Elisabeth Violin Contest in 2001.
Jinsang Lee is a South Korean classical pianist and a professor at Korea National University of Arts.
The International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians is the junior section of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition, and it is the largest competition for junior performers up to 17 years of age. The competition was established in 1992 on the initiative of the Association of Tchaikovsky Competition Stars and is held in the sections of piano, violin, and cello.
Chin Kim is a Korean-born American classical violinist, largely educated in the United States through the Juilliard School, and the Curtis Institute of Music.
Konstantin Lapshin is a London-based Russian - British pianist. He is a prize-winner in numerous international competitions.
Julia Gomelskaya was a Ukrainian composer of contemporary classical music.
New Era Orchestra is an orchestra from Kyiv, Ukraine, founded in 2007 by its conductor and artistic director Tetiana Kalinichenko. The orchestra plays both contemporary and classical music. Among others, the orchestra has performed with renowned soloists such as Joshua Bell, Sarah Chang, Avi Avital and Danjulo Ishizaka.
Nikita Arkadievich Boriso-Glebsky is a Russian violinist, soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, and winner of international music contests. He represented Russia at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2002.
Stanislav Khristenko is a Ukrainian-American concert pianist.
Rostislav Krimer is a classical pianist and conductor, chief conductor and artistic director of the East-West Chamber Orchestra. Intendant and artistic director of the East-West-Festival, Friend of UNICEF and Star Ambassador of the 2nd European Games. He was also founder, general and artistic director of the Yuri Bashmet International Music Festival & Academy.
Julian Miles Trevelyan is a British pianist and musicologist who won international competitions, such as the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris in 2015 at age 16.
Liza Ferschtman is a Dutch classical violinist who appears internationally, both as a soloist with orchestra and in chamber music. She received the Nederlandse Muziekprijs in 2006 and has directed the Delft Chamber Music Festival since 2007.
Nadezda Tokareva is a Russian-Slovenian classical violinist and teacher, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Bomsori Kim is a South Korean classical violinist. She performs as a recitalist and as a soloist.
