Igor Lovchinsky (russian: Игорь Ловчинский) is a Russian-American classical pianist.

Performing and recording career

Born in

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, Lovchinsky studied at the Kazan Special Music School for Gifted Children. After immigrating to the United States, he continued his studies with Nina Polonsky and Steven Glaser. In 2003, Lovchinsky entered the

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in New York on full scholarship, where he studied under

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. He received his Bachelor's degree from Juilliard in 2007 and his Master's degree from the New England Conservatory in

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in 2009. As soloist, Lovchinsky has given recitals across the United States and internationally, including concerts at Carnegie Hall, the

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and the

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. Lovchinsky has performed with the

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, the

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, the

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, the Minnesota Sinfonia, the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, and others. His performance of Chopin's First Concerto with the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra in 2004 was broadcast live on WQXR radio in New York and was featured as the soundtrack of the film Romance Larghetto by director Pablo Goldbarg. In 2007, in collaboration with American pianist

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, Lovchinsky recorded his debut album on the Ivory Classics label, featuring music of Chopin,

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and Wild's transcriptions of Gershwin songs. The disc received rave reviews from

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, Germany's Piano Magazine, MusicWeb International Record Review and was voted one of top five classical recordings of 2008 by Time Out International. Lovchinsky has premiered works of Olivier Messiaen,

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, Heather Schmidt and

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. In addition to music, Lovchinsky holds a

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from

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where his doctoral advisor was

Mikhail Lukin Mikhail Lukin (russian: Михаи́л Дми́триевич Луки́н); born 10 October 1971) is a Russian theoretical and experimental physicist and a professor at Harvard University. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Scien ...

. He has published numerous scientific articles in nanotechnology, quantum computing and high-energy astrophysics in leading scientific journals.

Awards

Lovchinsky was a laureate of the National Chopin Piano Competition and the Eastman International Piano Competition.

References

Eastman Piano Competition
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