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The Grammy-award winning cellist is considered one of the premier cellists in the world.

Colorado State University piano professor; winner of the Vladimir Horowitz Competition in Kyiv.

Winner of international violin competitions in France, Italy, and Spain, representing China/Canada.

2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Silver Medalist; new music advocate and performer.

President and CEO of Piano/Cleveland and the Cleveland International Piano Competition (CIPC).

Founder/Director of Philadelphia Young Pianist Academy; Associate Professor, Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

2017 Odyssiad® Gold Medalist; Piano faculty at Texas Tech University School of Music.

Musical titan is the former head of the Piano Faculty at the Moscow Conservatory.

Official Odyssiad® Staff Accompanists Mikhail Berestnov, Daria Kiseleva, and Jooyeon Chang; Conductor Devin Patrick Hughes (Boulder Symphony and Symphony of the Rockies), Cindy Lindeen-Martin, Cecilia Dagg, and Susan Spelius Gannon, Master of Ceremonies; and many others.

Renowned soloist, curator, and collaborator

First prize: Cleveland International Piano Competition and the Scottish International Piano Competition

Croatian Star

Grammy-award Winning Cellist

Colorado State University, Winner of the Vladimir Horowitz Competition in Kyiv

Featured in The Cliburn’s YPCA Showcase at Carnegie Hall

First prize: Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists

Renowned Concert Pianist, Arranger, and Composer

Jooyeon Chang, Daria Kiseleva and Valery Kuleshov (Official Staff Accompanists), Devin Patrick Hughes (Conductor, Boulder Symphony and Arapahoe Philharmonic), Jung-Eun Kang (Professor, Jeju National University, Jeju, Korea, Odyssiad® competition judge), Dongni Xie (Odyssiad® competition judge), Thomas Lanners (presenter, Odyssiad® competition judge), Mary Ann Ranney (presenter), and Scott Wheeler (Odyssiad® competition M.C.).

Van Cliburn Silver Medalist; Distinguished Professor of Piano, Cleveland Institute of Music

Gold Medalist of the 2019 Olga Kern International Piano Competition)

Professor of Piano, Moscow Special School, Moscow State Conservatory

Prodigy and Protégé
VIDEO: Portrait of a Piano Prodigy

Raeburn Finalist 2022 Honens International Piano Competition

Internationally featured soloist

Silver Medalist in the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

First Prize in the Cleveland International Piano Competition

Juilliard; 2019 Innovation Award Winner from Music Academy Of The West

Russian-American classical pianist

Tatiana Kasman, Ben Laude (Tonebase), Paola Del Negro Plano (Rivers Conservatory, Boston), Timothy Burns (IKOF Official Staff Accompanist), Bryan Wallick (Colorado State University, Winner of the Vladimir Horowitz Competition in Kyiv), Devin Patrick Hughes (Conductor, Boulder Symphony and Arapahoe Philharmonic); Michael Repper (Music Director, Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Ashland Symphony, Northern Neck Orchestra of Virginia, and 2023 Grammy-nominated New York Youth Symphony); and Vyacheslav Gryaznov (Concert Pianist, Arranger, and Composer).

2022 Gold Medal Winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

The celebrated winner of more than 15 international competitions

Silver Medalist of the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition

Winner of the 6th National Chopin Competition

The youngest gold medalist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (2009)

The Croation star’s performances are flamboyant, daring, and provocative!

Silver medialist of the 9th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Colorado State University, Winner of the Vladimir Horowitz Competition in Kyiv

Professor of Piano, Moscow Special School, Moscow State Conservatory

Konstantin Soukhovetski, Paola Del Negro Plano, André Michel Schub, Daria Kiseleva, Hsing-ay Hsu, Tim Burns, Mikhail "Misha" Berestnev, Devin Patrick Hughes, and Charles Latshaw

Van Cliburn Silver Medalist; Distinguished Professor of Piano, Cleveland Institute of Music

Silver Medialist of the 9th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Silver Medalist of the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition

2019 Gold Medal winner at the Olga Kern International Piano Competition

The Croation star’s performances are flamboyant, daring, and provocative!

Bryan Wallick, Brett Mitchell, Chuifun Poon, Daria Kiseleva, Devin Patrick Hughes, Gyohong Chen, Hsing-ay Hsu, Heysoo Juan, Jue-eun Lee, Michael Chertock, Natalia Troull, Rick Holcomb, Roberts Plano, Paola Del Negro Plano, and Timothy Burns

Gold Medalist of the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Known for their adrenalized performances, original compositions, and notorious music videos

The celebrated winner of more than 15 international competitions

Colorado State University, Winner of the Vladimir Horowitz Competition in Kyiv

The Croation star’s performances are flamboyant, daring, and provocative!

Timothy Burns, Devin Patrick Hughes, Hsing-ay Hsu, Daria Kiseleva, Shanlin Lin, Jiatianze Lydia Liu, Oscar Macchioni, Pamela Mia Paul, Bohuslav Rattay, Dzmitry Ulasiuk, Chi-Chen Wu, Iris Zhang, and Richard Zimdars

Gold Medal at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and First Prize at the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition

Gold Medalist of the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Winner of the 6th National Chopin Competition

The Croation star is Professor of Piano Performance at Florida International University in Miami, Florida

Recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Juilliard School's Petschek Award

Theresa Bogard, Hsing-ay Hsu, Devin Patrick Hughes, Daria Kiseleva, Jiatianze Lydia Liu, Oscar Macchioni, Pamela Mia Paul, Scott O'Neill, Bohuslav Rattay, and Dzmitry Ulasiuk