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Igor Yakovenko (Iakovenko)

Composer and pianist Igor Yakovenko belongs to a new generation of musicians with no boundaries between classical and non-academic music, switching the roles between author and performer. For him, there is also no boundaries between creativity and the exact sciences: choosing between music and technology in his youth, he first graduated from the Aerospace University.

Engineering education pushed Yakovenko to overcome the isolation of the musical worlds: he studied at the Moscow Conservatory at the Department of Historical and Modern Instrumental Performance, and also received an improvisational education at the Maimonides Academy under the guidance of Igor Bril – the master of jazz performance. Combining the exemplary classical school of piano and harpsichord with the skill of a jazz pianist, he is a versatile musician with a unique signature style.

Yakovenko’s virtuoso and instantly recognizable playing is appreciated by listeners of his solo and piano trio concerts. Due to his exceptional musicality  he became a member of the residence of Snape Maltings (Great Britain), which hosts the world-famous Aldeburgh Festival founded by Benjamin Britten.

A contrasting musical background led Yakovenko to numerous projects: he wrote the opera “Guilty” for the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater, released several albums on such labels as Melodiya, Rainy Days and FANCYMUSIC label – a place of power for innovative composer music. He performed at leading art venues – Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Jewish  Museum, National Center for Contemporary Art, Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, Spiridonov House, and academic halls – Zaryadye Concert Hall, State Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg etc.

Teaching Info

• Individualized lesson plans for every student.
• Development of sight-reading, ear training, and music theory.
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