Igor Lovchinsky

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

Performing and recording career

Born in Kazan, Russia, 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 Juilliard School in New York on full scholarship, where he studied under Jerome Lowenthal. He received his Bachelor's degree from Juilliard in 2007 and his Master's degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston in 2009.

As soloist, Lovchinsky has performed at some of the major concert halls in the United States, including concerts at Carnegie Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Phillips Collection.[1] Internationally, he has given recitals at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, the United States Embassy in Beijing, and the Rosza Centre in Calgary. Recent international tours have included performances in Lithuania, Poland and Brazil.

Lovchinsky has performed as soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Sinfonia, the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, and others. His performance of Chopin's First Concerto with the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra 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 Earl Wild, Lovchinsky recorded his debut album on the Ivory Classics label, featuring music of Chopin, Scriabin and Wild's transcriptions of Gershwin songs. The disc received rave reviews from Gramophone Magazine, Germany's Piano Magazine, MusicWeb International Record Review and was voted one of top five classical recordings of 2008 by Time Out International.[2]

An avid exponent of new music, Lovchinsky has premiered works of Olivier Messiaen, Walter Piston, Heather Schmidt and Frank Felice.[3]

In addition to music, Lovchinsky holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University where his doctoral advisor was Mikhail Lukin. He has published numerous scientific articles in nanotechnology, quantum computing and high-energy astrophysics in leading scientific journals.[4]

Awards

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

References
  1. Austin, Jim (August 20, 2014). "Playing a New Tune, Interview with Igor Lovchinsky". Science Careers. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  2. "Igor Lovchinsky, piano".
  3. "Igor Lovchinsky, Piano | classicalconnect.com". www.classicalconnect.com.
  4. "Igor Lovchinsky". scholar.google.com.
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