Duo Chipak-Kushnir

Artist photo of Duo Chipak-Kushnir - Piano

Olha Chipak and Oleksiy Kushnir began to perform as a piano duo while they were still students at the Lviev Music Conservatory. After emerging as winners for the first time at the “Rome 98” music competition, they realized they wanted to continue to devote themselves together to performing as a duo, a decision which was confirmed in various competitions:
Second Prize - TIM (Torneo Internazionale di Musica) (2000)
Second Prize – The Caltanissetta Chamber Music Competition (2000)
An important stage in their artistic development which led to successful appearances in concert and at competitions was their piano duet studies at the Rostock University of Music and Drama (2002-2006) with Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl.

First Prize – at the Premio Seiler competition in Palermo (2002)
Second Prize at the Palma d’Oro in Finale Ligure (2002)
First Prize – Piano Duo Competition in Białystok (Poland) (2002)
First Prize – “Piano Duo in the 20th Century” Valentino Bucchi Prize (2003)
Second Prize - Dranoff Two Piano Competition in Miami (2003)
First Prize - San Marino Piano Competition (2006)

Olha Chipak and Oleksiy Kushnir have earned international acclaim through their recital appearances in the Ukraine, Poland, Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark, the US, Russia, and China at such venues as the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Sala Baldini in Rome, at Glasunov Hall in St. Petersburg, in the Great Auditorium of the Warsaw Chopin Academy, the National Philharmonic in Kiev, at Steinway Hall and Lincoln Theater in Miami, and at Teatro Verdi in Trieste.
Their performances have been seen and heard at renowned international festivals such as the “Heinrich Neuhaus Festival,” “Virtuosos” (Ukraine), Trieste Piano Festival and the Mecklenburger Festspiele, as well as on NDR, BR-Klassik, on radio and television in the Ukraine, in Poland, San Marino and China.
Their CD featuring piano duo works by Johannes Brahms, Max Reger and Sergei Rachmaninoff (ZMS Records) was released in 2007, and won the Web Concert Hall Competition in 2012.
Their next CD release was on GENUIN with important piano duo works by Johannes Brahms. This CD was very positively reviewed in Germany and was nominated for the ECHO Klassik 2012.
Olha Chipak and Oleksiy Kushnir are currently on the faculty of the Rostock University of Music and Drama.


The artist's homepage:

linkhttp://www.chipak-kushnir.de/

CDs released by GENUIN

with Duo Chipak-Kushnir