CELLO 2026 : Laureate
Presently studying with Josephine Knight at London’s Royal Academy of Music and Danjulo Ishizaka at the Hochschule für Musik Basel, Ivan Sendetsky is a graduate of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and the New England Conservatory. He won top prizes at the Grunewald Competition in 2024, Vienna Music Competition (2024), Schoenfeld Competition (Harbin, 2023) and Tchaikovsky Competition (2023). As a chamber musician, he performs in the SenS Duo with accordionist Vladimir Stupnikov. Besides appearing at the Verbier, Schlern, Vivacello and Avilés festivals, his concert engagements have taken him to major Russian concert halls, Vienna Musikverein, Philharmonie Berlin and Tonhalle Zürich. Having collaborated with conductors such as David Geringas, Teodor Currentzis and Pablo Heras-Casado, he has performed with artists like Aylen Pritchin and Konstantin Emelyanov.
Instrument: "Veteran" (anonymous)
Russian Federation
Year of birth: 1996
Teachers
2025 - : Josephine Knight
2022 - : Danjulo Ishizaka
2019 - 2022 : Laurence Lesser
2017 - 2019 : Troels Svane
Degrees
2019 - 2022 : Graduate diploma, New England conservatory
Concerts
2024 : Vienna Musikverein, Soli recital
2023 : Philharmonie Berlin, David Geringas chamber orchestra.
Competitions
2024 : 1, Grunewald competition
2023 : 4, Tchaikovsky competition
2023 : 3 and special prize for Beethoven sonata, Schoenfeld competition in Harbin
2022 : 3 and 3 special prizes, Khachaturian competition