Vladimir Mischouk
Vladimir Mischouk (born 1968 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian classical pianist, Honoured Artist of Russia.
The pianist entered in 1975 at the Music School of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in the class of Valentina Kunde, and then studied from 1986 until 1991 with Tatiana Kravchenko at the Conservatory itself. He continued his studies at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and at the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid with Dmitri Bashkirov. He perfected his mastery at the International Piano Foundation "Theo Lieven" with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rosalyn Tureck, Leon Fleisher, and Fou Ts'ong.
In 1990 he won the 2nd prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition, as well as the "Rosina Lhevinne" special prize.
Vladimir Mischouk gives more than 100 concerts annually in Russia, USA, countries of Europe and Asia. He performs with great acclaim in the most prestigious halls such as the Musikverein (Vienna), Opéra Bastille and Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), La Scala (Milan), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Alte Oper (Frankfurt-am-Main), Frauenkirche (Dresden), Palau de la Música (Valencia), Finland Palace (Helsinki), Suntory Hall and Tokyo Opera City (Tokyo), The Rockefeller University (New York), Teatro Coliseo (Buenos Aires), Grand and Small Halls of Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, St.Petersburg Cappella, Grand and Small Halls of the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow International House of Music (Svetlanov Hall), Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg) and Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow), etc.
Vladimir Mischouk performs with world-known orchestras, including the Russian National Orchestra, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Chamber Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Orchestre Colonne, Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra...
Vladimir Mischouk teaches at the St.Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire and since 2009 is also professor at the International Piano Academy Lake Como.
The pianist has recorded more than 10 CDs in Russia and abroad. Concerts of Vladimir Mischouk are broadcast by the most important TV and Radio companies, including ZDR (Germany), Radio France (France), NHK (Japan), Russian TV and Radio, and Radio Canada.