Vitaly Pisarenko (

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: Віталій Писаренко; born 24 July 1987) is a

pianist. He was the winner of the

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in 2008. Vitaly Pisarenko was born in

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, and performed for the first time in public when he was six years old. He studied in

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's class at the

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. He also studied at the

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Codarts, under Aquiles Delle Vigne. Pisarenko has performed as a soloist in Russia, Italy, Macedonia, Austria, the Netherlands and Germany. He won first prize at the "Inter Fest Bitola" competition in Dnevnik ( Macedonia) in October 2005. He also won the 3rd prize, the audience prize and the special prize of

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at the 5th Franz Liszt Competition in

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in 2006. In addition, he won the International Piano Competition "Citta di Trani" in Italy. In 2008, he was the winner of the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Utrecht. In 2015, Pisarenko was a finalist at the

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in the UK, finishing in third place.

References

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