Mikhail

Voskresensky

commands

an

international

reputation

as

a

pianist

in

the

great

Romantic

tradition.

He

is

prizewinner

of

four

international

piano

competitions

(Schumann

in

Berlin,

in

Rio

de

Janeiro,

George

Enescu

in

Bucharest,

and

Van

Cliburn

in

Fort

Worth,

Texas).

In

1966

he

was

honoured

with

the

Merited

Artist

of

Russia

award

and

in

1989,

the

People's

Artist

of

Russia.

Mikhail

Voskresensky

has

extensive

concert

experience.

He

is

the

only

pianist

in

Russia

to

perform

all

of

Chopin's

piano

compositions

during

one

concert

season;

this

in

1982

/

83,

in

nine

recitals

in

the

Maly

Hall

of

the

Moscow

Conservatoire.

In

1957

the

young

pianist

took

part

in

the

Prague

Spring

Festival

where

he

performed European premiere of Shostakovich Second Piano concerto with the presence of Shostakovich himself.

Mikhail

Voskresensky

is

a

distinguished

professor

at

the

Moscow

Conservatory,

the

chair

of

the

professorship

of

piano

faculty.

His

pupils

have

won

126

international

prizes

including

55

gold

medals.

Mikhail

Voskresensky

is

President

of

the

Scriabin International Society and Guest Professor in the Toho Gakuen School in Tokyo.

Although

Mr.

Voskresensky

devotes

many

of

his

efforts

to

teaching

and

giving

master

classes

in

various

countries,

he

undoubtedly

considers

his

primary

purpose

to

be

performing.

Voskresensky

is

an

extraordinary

and

unique

musician:

when

hearing

his

playing

one

can

feel

his

sincere

and

subtle

soul

-

a

rare

thing,

indeed,

in

our

rational

times.

He

recorded

more

than

50

CD's,

including

a

box

with

all

Mozart

Piano

Concertos

(2013)

and

a

5CD

box

(2015)

with

all

Mozart Piano Sonatas.

In

June

of

2022,

Voskresensky

left

Russia

with

his

family

as

a

protest

against

the

war

in

Ukraine.

In

August

of

the

same

year, he immigrated to the US.

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