Nikolay Sivchuk

Nikolay Sivchuk (Russian: Николай Сивчук; born July 23, 1981, in Surgut) is a Russian bayanist/accordionist. He works as a soloist, chamber musician, arranger, teacher and composer.

Nikolay Sivchuk
Background information
Born(1981-07-23)July 23, 1981
Surgut, Russia
GenresClassical
Instrumentsbayan

Biography

In 1995 Nikolay Sivchuk got a scholarship at the "New Names" Charitable Public Foundation, the project which is supporting the young talents and providing them with the masterclasses by famous Russian musicians. There he met the professor Viacheslav Semionov, whose class at Gnessins' Russian Academy of Music in Moscow he attended in 2000.

In 1999 Nikolay won the gold medal of the First All-Russian Youth Delphic Games.

In 2003, he won the Coupe Mondiale[1] (World Cup) World Accordion Championship in the “Academic button accordion” category. Since then Nikolay developed an extensive worldwide solo career. Sivchuk was touring throughout Russia,[2] Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Finland[3] , Denmark, Serbia, Hungary, Portugal, China.

Nikolay Sivchuk is a laureate of the major Russian and International competitions: «Ugoria» (Russia, 2001), Internationaler Akkordeonwettbewerb Klingenthal (Germany, 2005),[4] Shanghai Spring International Accordion Festival (China, 2006).[5]

In 2021, Sivchuk performed his composition "Mountain Lullaby" [6] on 2021 Mendeleev UNESCO Russia Award Ceremony in Paris.

Select collaborations

Cellist Boris Andrianov, guitarist Dimitri Illarionov, violinists Elena Revich and Sergei Dogadin, pianists Vadym Kholodenko, Andrey Gugnin, Rem Urasin.

References
  1. "Winner of the 2003 Coupe Mondiale Nikolay Sivchuk".
  2. Николай Сивчук [Nikolay Sivchuk]. meloman.ru (in Russian).
  3. "Sata-Häme Soi Festival 2004, Finland". accordions.com.
  4. "Internationaler Akkordeonwettbewerb Klingenthal – Festival program" (PDF).
  5. "2006 Shanghai Spring International Accordion Festival".
  6. "UNESCO Award Ceremony 2021 Edition Mendeleev Prize". youtube.com.
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