Vladimir Mischouk Vladimir Mischouk is honored artist of Russia, prizewinner of the IX International Tchaikovsky Competition (1990) and other prestigious international competitions.
The pianist studied under famous Valentina Kunde, professors Tatiana Kravchenko and Dmitri Bashkirov. He perfected his mastery with such luminaries as Carl Schnabel, Rosalind Tureck, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Leon Fliescher and Fou Ts'ong.
Vladimir Mischouk gives more than 100 concerts annually in Russia, USA, countries of Europe and Asia. He is enthusiastically acclaimed by audience of Musiecverein (Vienna), The Grand Opera, Opera Bastille and Chatelet (Paris), La Scala (Milan), Teatro Ghione (Rome), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Schauspielhaus (Berlin), Muenchner Philharmoniker, Alte Oper (Frankfurt-am-Main), Frauenkirche (Dresden), Palau de la Musica (Valencia), Finland Palace (Helsinki), Suntory, Orchard, Metropolitan, Tokyo City Opera, Casals Hall (Tokyo), The Rockefeller University (New-York), Teatro Coliseo (Buenos Aires), Grand and Small Halls of St.Petersburg Philharmonic, St.Petersburg Cappella, Grand and Small Halls of Moscow Conservatory, Moscow International House of Music (Svetlanov Hall), Mariinsky (St.Petersburg) and Bolshoi (Moscow) theatres, etc.
Vladimir Mischouk performs with world-known orchestras, including State Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian Philharmonia Orchestra, The Orchestra of Mariinsky Theatre, St.Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra, The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (Great Britain), Polish National Chamber Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo City Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera National de Paris Orchestra, Orchestra Colonne, Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra, National symphony orchestras of Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Georgia, Armenia and many Russian orchestras.
The pianist collaborates with such distinguished conductors as Nikolai Alexeev, Emmanuel Leduc-Barom, Vladimir Verbitsky, Valeri Gergiev, Alexander Dmitriev, Veronika Dudarova, Igor Golovchin, Juosas Domarkas, Olary Elts, Arnold Kats, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Mikhail Pletnev, Alexander Polianichko, Vladislav Chernushenko, Alexander Chernushenko, Alexander Rudin, Aleksander Titov, Alain Trudel, Maxim Fedotov, Conrad van Alphen and others.
Vladimir Mischouk devotes much time to playing chamber music in ensembles with renowned musicians, including violinists Anton Barakhovsky, Grigoriy Zhislin, Liana Issakadze, Vadim Repin, pianists Halida Dinova, Naum Shtarkman, Pavel Yegorov, cellists Henri Demarquet, Leonid Gorokhov, Ivan Monighetti, Sergei Roldugin, singers Linda Finnie, Alexey Markov, Olga Kondina, Marianna Tarassova.
Vladimir Mischouk holds the position of Docent at the St.Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire as well as for a long time he is principal professor of the International Piano foundation S.O.P.R.A. in Tokyo and since 2009 – professor of the International Piano Academy in Como.
The pianist’s rich artistic life is marked with a lot of important events. He guided the famous St.Petersburg Festival «Just Friends» (1992 – 2000) and musical program of the Arts Festival «Master class» (1997 – 1999) as artistic director. Thanks to his efforts the legendary pianist of the XX century Rosalind Tureck made her St.Petersburg debut. He also organized and carried out the Festival «Outstanding pupils of Dmitri Bashkirov» (1998). Vladimir Mischouk serves as a member of jury for many musical competitions. He regularly takes part in renowned international festivals.
The pianist has recorded more than 10 CDs in Russia and abroad. Concerts of Vladimir Mischouk are broadcasted by the biggest TV and Radio companies, including ZDR (Germany), Radio France (France), NHK (Japan), Russian TV and Radio, Radio Canada. On July 30, 2005 his recital in the Tokyo City Opera broadcasted worldwide by the NHK TV Corporation and during last three years that concert was on air of the NHK for 8 times, as well as it’s radio version broadcasted by the National Radio of Japan.