Buy iTunes Pass
Subscribe to Our Podcasts
Weekly Radio Broadcasts
Watch Video Features
Maxim Mogilevsky
Pianist Maxim Mogilevsky was the last pupil of Anaida Sumbatian, Vladimir Ashkenazy’s teacher. He made his debut at the age of 13 with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra led by Dimitry Kitaenko, and then studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Lev Naumov. He received a Tchaikovsky scholarship for studies at The Juilliard School with Bella Davidovich, and has also studied with Martha Argerich. He holds a master’s degree from Indiana University at South Bend, where he studied with Alexander Toradze. He was a visiting assistant professor at Oberlin Conservatory from 1996 to 2001. Mr. Mogilevsky won the 1989 International Music Competition of Japan, 1992 Unisa Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa, and 1995 International Piano Competition of Opporto, Portugal. He has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras; has collaborated with conductors including Valery Gergiev, Alexander Dmitriev, and Seiji Ozawa; and has performed recitals at the Sydney, Ravinia, Stresa, Michelangeli, Easter, and White Nights festivals. He and his wife, Svetlana Smolina, as the Mogilevsky/Smolina Duo, won the Grand Prize, Audience Prize, and Casadesus Award at the 2001 International Murray Dranoff Duo Piano Competition. Mr. Mogilevsky is currently a visiting professor of piano at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York.
Photo of Maxim Mogilevsky: Qing Qing Ye
