Arsentiy Kharitonov

Piano Faculty Biography

A prize winner of numerous national and international    competitions, including the 1991 Sergei Rachmaninoff  Competition (Russia), 2003 “Slavic Music” Competition (Ukraine), Beethoven Piano Sonata Competition (Memphis,  USA), and the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition (Los Angeles, USA), Arsentiy Kharitonov has been heard in solo recitals and with orchestras in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Sweden, and the United States. He studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music of the famed St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, where his musical progress was immediate and astounding. Soon, he was giving solo recitals, which featured his own compositions and brilliant improvisations in variety of musical styles in addition to the standard piano repertoire. Kharitonov’s first orchestral appearances in Russia have included solo performances with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Theatre Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. Upon graduating from St. Petersburg, he moved to the University of North Texas - the largest music school in the United States. His major teachers have been Igor Lebedev of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and, in the United States, Nikita Fitenko, and Joseph Banowetz.  Recently, Kharitonov recorded first CD of a series of music by Leo Ornstein, which has been released internationally by Toccata Classics (London, England)

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