Konstantin Soukhovetski is rapidly earning a reputation as a “young pianist who captivates” with his “distinctive lyricism”, “immaculate technique” and “vigor…refinement… and drama”.

Mr. Soukhovetski won the First Prize and Audience Prize at 2007 New Orleans International Piano Competition and can be heard this season with The Louisiana Philharmonic, LA; Kennett Symphony, PA; Baton Rouge Symphony, LA; Acadiana Symphony, LA and Erie Philharmonic Orchestra, PA as well as solo recitals at  Tri-C Series in Cleveland, OH;  “Evelyn Miller” Series in Knoxville, TN; Gala for Auburn Symphony Orchestra, Auburn, CA; Apollo Arts, Oregon House, CA; Manchester Music Festival, VT; Elmira College, NY; Emory-Oxford College, GA; Forum Series in Banner Elk, NC; 21-Century Club, Cleveland, OH; The Prizery, South Boston, VA; Haywood Arts Council Piano Series, Waynesville, NC; Goddard Riverside concert series in New York, NY and at Loyola University’s Roussel Hall presented by the Music Society of New Orleans. Mr. Soukhovetski will also appear at The Kennedy Center with Biava Quartet this season.

Mr. Soukhovetski’s 2006 William Petschek Debut Recital Award recital at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, NY was received with tremendous success and garnered The New York Times headline “…Romanticism so intense it warms up Philip Glass.”

Mr. Soukhovetski has worked with the array of the distinguished conductors, among whom are Daniel Meyer, Gérard Korsten, Rebecca Miller, James DePriest, Emmanuel Siffert, Jahja Ling, François-Xavier Roth, Doron Salomon, Timothy Muffitt,  Conrad von Alphen, Michael Goodwin, Steven Ramsey, Mary Woodmansee Green, Enrique Bátizm, Alan Stephenson and David Scarr.

In a collaboration with the acclaimed Russian pianist Vassily Primakov, Mr. Soukhovetski presented a number of four-hand piano programs for Manchester Music Festival in Manchester, VT; at “Ridotto” concert series in Huntington, NY; Appollo-Isis series in Oregon House, CA; Port Jefferson Arts Council series in Orient, NY, Bonita Springs, FL, The Prizery, South Boston, VA as well as on the Silver Seas’ Alaska Cruise in August of 2008.

Highlights of 2007-2008 season include: Asheville Symphony, NC; Juilliard Symphony, NYC; Auburn Symphony Orchestra, CA; Johannesburg Philharmonic, South Africa; Eastern Cape Philharmonic, SA and KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic, SA; Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, LA, 14-performance tour of South Africa in March 2007, including Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban among others, Rockefeller University, NYC; Louvre Museum, Paris; "World of Piano" Series at Shenandoah University; Arium, NYC; North Dakota Museum of Art Concert Series, Grand Forks, ND; SOPAC, South Orange, NJ; The Music Festival of The Hamptons, NY; Pianofest gala at Music Academy of The West, Santa Barbara, CA; St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA; Waynesburg College, PA; McInnes Auditorium Eastern University, St. David's, PA; Parkersburg, WV. Mr. Soukhovetski also performed on Regent’s Seven Seas Voyager with the members of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Soukhovetski’s Johannesburg Debut Recital was voted the third of ten top most important cultural events of the years 2005 and 2007 by South African National Newspaper Die Burger.

Mr. Soukhovetski’s US debut as a composer took place at New York Winter Salon at Steinway Hall in December 2007 with world premieres of transcription of the last scene from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin for violin and piano and the choreographed scene for piano, soprano and the dancer “Olympian Dream”.

Recent seasons’ highlights include recitals in Amman, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon; Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall; Pro Arte Musical, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Kent State University, OH and University of Tennessee, TN as well as Austin Symphony, MN and Hilton Head Orchestra, SC. His radio appearances have included a one-hour live performance on NPR’s Performance Today hosted by Fred Child; a feature on WQXR’s Young Artist Showcase and a TV appearances on South Carolina’s Talk of the Town and Lowcountry Today talk-shows.

Before coming to the US in 1999, Konstantin toured France, Italy, Romania, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and North America. Prior to entering The Juilliard School where he has earned his AD, BM and MM degrees,  and in 2003 received Arthur Rubinstein Prize.  Mr. Soukhovetski studied at the Moscow Central Special Music School under the auspices of Moscow State Conservatory with Anatoly Ryabov.

Among over 10 awards Mr. Soukhovetski has received are:  First Prize and Audience Prize at 2007 New Orleans International Piano Comeptition, 2006 William Petschek Debut Recital Award; Second Prize at 2004 UNISA International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa, Third Prize at 2003 Cleveland International Piano Competition, Winner of Juilliard’s 2003 Gina Bachauer Competition, First Prize winner at the 2002 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Second Prize at the 2002 Walter W. Naumburg International Piano Competition and 2004 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for new Americans.

Mr. Soukhovetski was born in Moscow to a family of artists and began his music studies at the age of four. His family resides in Moscow, Russia.