Silver Medalist at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition and winner of the 73rd Geneva International Music Competition, Dmitry Shishkin has earned international acclaim for his creative and individual approach to music. Critics have described him as an “electrifying and flamboyant pianist, of great musical honesty and rigor.”
Dmitry Shishkin’s recent highlights include an exceptional performance of Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1 at Wiener Musikverein, appearances with the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande under J.Nott, Budapest Festival Orchestra under G. Takacs-Nagy, Prague Radio Symphony under P. Popelka, KBS Symphony under Markus Stentz performing Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3, Slovak Philharmonic under Erik Nielsen playing Hummel Piano Concerto No.2, at the Dvorak Prague Festival, performing Beethoven Triple Concerto under I.Metzmacher, as well as recitals in Verbier, Seoul, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Catania, Trieste, Palermo and at Wigmore Hall.
In the 25/26 season Shishkin will return to the Verbier Festival under M. Pletnev, performing Hummel Piano Concerto No.2, to Monte-Carlo Philharmonic with Shchedrin Piano Concerto No.6, debut with Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Santa Barbara Symphony, Bilkent Symphony and the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, and will tour with the Taiwan Youth Orchestra in Taiwan and Japan, playing Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3. Shishkin will also appear in recital at the Wigmore Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, Oporto Casa de Musica, Schloss-Elmau, Seattle, Lakewood, La Jolla, Santa Barbara, Beaver Creek, Joplin, McCallum, Seoul, Taipei, Singapore and Bangkok.
Frequently invited by prestigious Festivals, Dmitry has appeared at La Roque d’Anthéron, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Radio France Montpellier Festival, Bergen Music Festival, the Chopin and His Europe Festival, and the Bergamo Brescia Music Festival. He has also collaborated with distinguished artists such as Daniel Lozakovich, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Bomsori Kim and Alexandra Conunova. Dmitry began his piano studies at the Gnessin Moscow School of Music with Mikhail Khokhlov, continued at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Eliso Virsaladze, and later studied at the “Vincenzo Bellini” State Conservatory in Catania with Epifanio Comis, and at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover with Arie Vardi. He is currently based in Switzerland.
