Andrei Tcymbalistenko

Andrei Tсymbalistenko is a talented virtuoso pianist, the follower of Goldenweiser – Feinberg famous school of solo piano performance. He graduated from Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in 2013 in the class of Prof. Zinaida Ignatieva, a laureate of the very prestigious International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1960) and a student of Samuil Feinberg, an outstanding Soviet pianist, and composer.

Andrei has been teaching at the Moscow Conservatory’s Faculty of Solo Piano Performance in the Department headed by Prof. Sergei Dorensky (2015–2020), currently headed by Prof. Andrei Pisarev. Andrei Tсymbalistenko was an assistant of Prof. Ignatieva (2015–2022), currently, he is an independent teacher at the named department.

He is a laureate at the following international piano contests: Classical Legacy in Moscow (1st prize); Frédéric Chopin Competition in Petrozavodsk (Russia, grand prix); Jeunes Talents in Montrond-les-Bains (France, 1st prize); Carl Filtsch Competition in Sibiu (Romania, 1st prize); the competitions in Königs Wusterhausen (Young Piano Stars) and in Troisdorf (Germany, 1st prizes at both), as well as the competitions in Milan (Piano Talents) and in Ischia (Italy, 3rd and 2nd prizes respectively). He is also a diploma winner at the competitions in Lagny-sur-Marne, Lyon, and Valence (France); a special prize at the competition in Valence (Teresa Llacuna) for the performance of Liszt’s transcription of Schubert’s Erlkönig.

Andrei performs his solo recitals at the Moscow Conservatory concert halls on a regular basis, as well as performs concerts and teaches master classes in Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain, and other countries. He has performed with the Kaluga Youth Symphony Orchestra (Russia) and the Obninsk Municipal Chamber Orchestra. He participates at various international music festivals and serves as a jury member at international piano competitions. He prefers to perform the repertoire of Western European Romanticism, especially pieces by Chopin, Schumann, and Liszt.