Stanislav Khristenko is a Ukrainian-American concert pianist. He was born on May 25, 1984 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, into a Ukrainian-Jewish family, and began taking piano lessons at the age of seven.
He received his professional training at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute of Music. His career developed internationally through performances, recordings, and competition successes.
In 2010, Khristenko made his debut at the Vienna Konzerthaus and released his CD of works by Ernst Krenek on Oehms Classics. In 2013, he won the Maria Canals International Music Competition and the Cleveland International Piano Competition, and received fourth prize at the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition.
In 2014, he made his debut at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and released the album Fantasies on the Steinway label. In February 2015, he was officially added to the roster of Steinway Artists. In the summer of 2015, he also made his debut at the Ravinia Festival and released the first volume of his recording of Ernst Krenek's piano works on Toccata Classics.
His recordings listed in the article include Ernst Krenek Piano Works (2012), the Queen Elisabeth Competition Winners CD (2013), Fantasies (2014), Ernst Krenek: Piano Music Volume One (2015), and Ernst Krenek: Piano Music Volume Two (2020).
Khristenko has received numerous competition prizes over the course of his career. Among them are first prizes at the Maria Canals International Music Competition, the Cleveland International Piano Competition, the Parnassos International Piano Competition, the V Campillos International Piano Competition, the Almaty International Piano Competition, the Citta di Cantu International Competition for Piano and Orchestra, the Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition, the Bosendorfer International Piano Competition, the Wideman International Piano Competition, the Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize International Piano Competition, the Benedetto XIII Prize International Piano Competition, the Pausylipon Prize International Piano Competition, the Dimitrios Vikelas International Piano Competition, and the Kosice International Piano Competition. He also won the Grand Prix at the Citta di Cantu competition, second prize at several international competitions, third prize at the UNISA International Piano Competition, and fourth prize at both the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition and the Ettlingen International Piano Competition for Young Pianists.
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