Marko Topchii ( uk, Марко Топчій ; born January 7, 1991) is a classical guitarist from Ukraine. Topchii has won more than 100 awards worldwide in the

international classical guitar competitions International classical guitar competitions are public events designed to identify and award outstanding classical guitar soloists, ensembles, and composers. They allow artists to promote themselves and gain exposure. Some competitions also have ne ...

in the professional category. Among them, 50 first places in the competitions in United States, Mexico, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Ukraine.

Biography

Birth and education

Marko Topchii was born in 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine, to a family of musicians.
Нe started studying the guitar at the age of four with Volodymyr Homenyuk and later with Borys Belsky.
2011 - graduated from the

Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts Kharkiv National University of Arts named after I. P. Kotlyarevsky (or Kharkiv Conservatory or Kharkiv National I. P. Kotlyarevsky University of Arts) is the leading music and drama institution of higher education in Ukraine. The university train ...

under Prof. Volodymyr Dotsenko,

Merited Artist of Ukraine Merited (Performing) Artist of Ukraine (also translated as Honored (Performing) Artist of Ukraine, uk, Заслужений артист України) is a state honorary title of decoration awarded by the Ukrainian SSR and later Ukraine for o ...

.
2016 - completed a three-year postgraduate program at the

Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine The Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music ( uk, Національна музична академія України імені П.І. Чайковського), formerly Kyiv Conservatory, is a national music tertiary academy in Kyiv, ...

in Kyiv under Prof. Yuri Aleksik,

.
2019 - completed the professional studies program at the

San Francisco Conservatory of Music The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is a private music conservatory in San Francisco, California. As of 2021, it had 480 students. History The San Francisco Conservatory of Music was founded in 1917 by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodg ...

under Prof. Judicaël Perroy.

Career

Being multi-award-winning classical guitarist, orchestra soloist, concertist, Marko has won more than 100 awards worldwide in the international classical guitar competitions in the professional category. Among them, 46 first places.
In the fall of 2018, he appeared on the cover of the issue No. 391 of the Classical Guitar Magazine: Marko Topchii, Perennial Prize Winner.Classical Guitar Magazine official website: No. 391, Fall 2018
/ref> The issue also included the interview: Marko Topchii, Inside the World of One of the Most Successful and Widely Travelled Competitors.
In 2017, he appeared on the cover of the issue No. 12 of Polish classical guitar magazine Sześć Strun Świata (Six Strings of the World).Sześć Strun Świata Magazine: archive of the official website
/ref> The issue also included the interview.
Marko often performs with orchestras, having more than ten concertos for guitar and orchestra in the repertoire.Marko Topchii official website: Repertoire
/ref> He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Salle Cortot (Paris), Yamaha Ginza Hall (Tokyo), Tchaikovsky Hall (Moscow).
Marko has recorded three solo CD albums:
2016 Fleur de Son Classics in Buffalo, NY as a winner of

JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition The JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition is a competition for classical guitarists from all over the world. The competition was launched in 2004 by PBS member stations WNED-FM, WNED-TV and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra ...

,
2016 Contrastes Records in Seville, Spain as a winner of the International Classical Guitar Competition "Gredos San Diego" (Madrid, Spain),
2018 Naxos Records as the winner of the

Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition The "Michele Pittaluga" International Classical Guitar Competition is an annual music competition for classical guitarists held in Alessandria, Italy. It was founded in 1968 and has earned an international reputation, entering membership of the ...

.

Topchii is an official D'Addario artist since 2012.Official D'Addario website:Daddario Artist Details - Marko Topchii
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Awards

Topchii has won many awards worldwide in the international classical guitar competitions in the professional category.
To see the actual list please look at the tables below:

First prizes

Second prizes

Third prizes

Special prizes

Recordings

The conventional CD recordings are listed below: Topchii has many video recordings on his official YouTube channel.

External links

References

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