Viktor Eresko is a Russian pianist, born on 6 August 1942 in the village of Svyatoshino in Kyiv Oblast.
In 1965 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied piano with Lev Naumov. He then continued advanced postgraduate study with the same teacher until 1967.
Eresko won the Long-Thibaud International Competition in 1963 and received the third prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966. In 1973 he became the first musician in history to perform the complete cycle of Sergei Rachmaninoff's piano works in concerts marking the centenary of the composer's birth.
He has performed mainly abroad and has collaborated with major international orchestras and conductors. In 1993 he was awarded the French Order of Arts and Letters, becoming the third Russian pianist, after Vladimir Ashkenazy and Sviatoslav Richter, to receive this distinction.
Eresko's artistic manner is noted for high professionalism, a deep understanding of style, and an original, unconventional approach to the interpretation of classical works. In his repertoire, a special place is occupied by compositions by Beethoven and Rachmaninoff.