Dr. Oleksii Ivanchenko

Ukrainian-born pianist Oleksii Ivanchenko began his piano studies at the age of five with his mother, Oleksandra Ivanchenko. Exhibiting exceptional talent, he was soon accepted into the Lysenko Special Music School in Kiev, as a pupil of Natalya Tolpygo. In 2003, Mr. Ivanchenko was awarded the Presidential Scholarship of Ukraine to pursue his studies at the P. I. Tchaikovsky National Music Academy in Kiev, where he received his first Bachelor and Master of Music degrees.

In 2006, Mr. Ivanchenko moved to the United States to continue his studies at Rowan University as a full scholarship student of Professor Veda Zuponcic, where he earned both BM (2010) and MM (2012) degrees in Piano Performance. In Fall 2012, he was awarded a teaching assistantship and a full scholarship at the Frost School of Music where he pursued his doctoral studies in Piano Performance and Pedagogy under the guidance of Professors Santiago Rodriguez and Dr. Naoko Takao. Upon his graduation in May 2015, Mr. Ivanchenko was given the Outstanding Doctoral Student Award from the University of Miami.

Mr. Ivanchenko has won top prizes in numerous national and international competitions and performed as soloist and with orchestras in Europe, Asia, South Africa, and North America. In addition to his appearances as a solo artist, Mr. Ivanchenko has established a reputable career as a collaborative pianist. He has played with such eminent musicians as Mikhail Kopelman, Viktor Uzur, Marcos Machado, Rie Suzuki, Jarosław Nadrzycki, Dale Underwood, Trudy Kane, Ross Harbaugh, Aaron Tindall, Jodi Levitz, Basil Vendryes, Sheila Browne, and George Taylor, among many others.

Currently, Oleksii Ivanchenko is a member of the Piano Department faculty at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami.