photo by MARCO BORGGREVE

Pianist Ivan Moshchuk is emerging as a distinct voice in the sphere of classical music, admired for his thoughtful interpretations, compelling stage presence, and vivid artistry. His performances have taken him to major cities across Europe, North and South America, and Asia, appearing on stages such as the Kleine Zaal of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Suntory Blue Rose Hall in Tokyo, and the Accademia Filarmonica Romana in Rome. He has collaborated with established chamber groups and orchestras such as the Telegraph and Attacca Quartets, the Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín, Kharkiv Philharmonia, and South Carolina Philharmonic, with recent engagements including concerts for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the William Walton Foundation in Ischia, and Casa Menotti as part of the Spoleto Festival in Italy.

Ivan’s concert programmes span works by Bach, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms to cornerstone twentieth-century compositions by Prokofiev, Debussy, Scriabin, and Rachmaninoff. As a recording artist, Ivan has produced an album dedicated to Beethoven and Rachmaninoff piano sonatas as well as an album featuring world premiere recordings of American-Italian composer David DiChiera, published on the Innova label. Ivan's live performances have been featured on WFMT, American Public Media's Performance Today, and ClassicFM. His upcoming recording, Vision Fugitive, a performance film featuring music of Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and John Cage, will be released in 2024.

So much absorbing, dynamic music making. Impossible not to be impressed.
— Baltimore Sun

In addition to his activities as a performer, Ivan is the founder of the Detroit Sessions, a nonprofit dedicated to solving the accessibility of classical music for future audiences. Established in 2017, the organization has worked across artistic disciplines to provide educational outreach events for youth programs in metro Detroit, as well as welcome leading international artists for performances and recordings, among them filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon, violinist Roberto González-Monjas, and visual artist REVOK. The most recent project, a pandemic-inspired short film entitled The Last Leaf, captured the attention of independent film festivals worldwide and received an honorable mention at the Bordeaux Shorts Biennale (2022) as well as an award for Best First Time Filmmaker (Ivan Moshchuk) at the Tokyo International Short Film Festival (2021).

Ivan began childhood piano studies in his home state of Michigan with Margarita Molchadskaya, former pedagogue of the Central Specialized School of the Leningrad Conservatory. Following a concerto debut at age 15, Ivan received numerous awards and prizes, among them a 2010 Gilmore Young Artist Award. Ivan completed advanced training in 2013 at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, graduating in the class of Leon Fleisher. He then moved abroad to Paris to become a resident of the Cité Internationale des Arts. In addition to being an alumni of the Verbier Festival Academy and IMS Prussia Cove, he has recently earned an artist diploma at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome in the class of Benedetto Lupo, and is currently based in London.

Photo by Olga Gamburg

Photo by Olga Gamburg