PIANISTS 2010
Born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1984, Stanislav Khristenko's early education was at the Children’s Musical School in Kharkov, Ukraine and the Moscow Chopin College. A 2008 graduate of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory where he studied with Vera Gornostaeva, he is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Sergei Babayan.
Khristenko’s international honors include first prizes in competitions in Italy, Slovakia, Greece and the United States (Wideman in Shreveport, LA, Bosendorfer in Tempe, AZ, 2009 and Virginia Waring in Palm Desert, CA in Solo Division). He won 2nd Prize in the Tongyeong International Competition in South Korea in 2008, the Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan in 2006 and 3rd Prize in the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 2005.
Khristenko has appeared as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra “Mihail Jora” in Romania, Berliner Musikfreunde Orchestra, Takamatsu Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Conservatory Orchestra, South Arkansas Symphony, Northwest Florida Symphony and many others.
He has given concerts in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Japan, Hong Kong, Russia, Ukraine and the United States. He made his Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Hall in October 2009.
