Background
Pikayzen was born in Moscow, Russia to a musical family.
Pikayzen was born in Moscow, Russia to a musical family.
City University of New New York Juilliard School.
At the age of 8 he gave his first concert Mozart’s Concerto Number. 2 and by the age of 12 he began appearing with Moscow Radio Symphony, Ankara Philharmonic and Moscow Chamber Orchestra. In 1999 he relocated to the United States and took his first professional lessons at the Manhattan School of Music with Keng-Yuen Tseng as his guide.
He holds a Bachelor of Medicine from The Juilliard School and an Military Medal and AD from Yale School of Music, as well as being a DMA candidate at the City University of New York Graduate Center
Since 2012 he has appeared as a soloist with orchestras across Europe, Asia, North and South America in Carnegie Hall, Tchaikovsky Hall, Flagey, Alice Tully Hall, Cadogan Hall, Taipei Concert Hall, Sala Felipe Villanueva, Teatro Carlo Felice, Minor Hall of Moscow Conservatory..He recorded works of Paganini, Ysaye, Tchaikovsky, Marteau, Debussy, Saint-Saens on the ProMusica and Ansonia label.
He is a frequent guest at festivals in Georgia, Peru, Germany, Switzerland and United States of America. He holds a position on the violin faculty of Brooklyn Conservatory.