Vitaly Starikov studied at the Ural Music College in Yekaterinburg, the city where he was born, under Sergey Beloglazov, then at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he took classes with Vera Gornostayeva and Elisso Virsaladze. In 2019, he went on to further studies at the Accademia Internazionale di Imola “Incontri col Maestro” under Boris Petrushansky. Vitaly Starikov has won, among other awards, the First Prize at the Concours International d’Epinal in 2017, the Second Prize at the Taneyev International Competition of Chamber Ensembles in the same year, and the First Prize at the Premio Roberto Melini in 2019. He is a soloist with the St Petersburg Music House and has performed with orchestras such as the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, the Minsk Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre national de Metz, and the Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy; under conductors such as Wolf Usminsky, Alexander Titov, Andrey Galanov, Petr Nikiforov, Rani Calderon, and David Reiland.

Teachers

2019 - : Prof. Boris Petrushansky
2015 - 2019 : Prof. Eliso Virsaladze
2013 - 2015 : Prof. Vera Gornostayeva
2005 - 2013 : Prof. Sergey Beloglazov

Degrees

2019 - : Post-graduation education, Accademia Internazionale di Imola “Incontri col Maestro”
2013 - 2018 : Bachelor diploma, Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory
2002 - 2013 : Diploma of general education; Diploma of secondary vocational education, Ural Music College

Concerts

2019 : Rovereto, Casa Mozart, Associazione Mozart Italia
2019 : Reims, Opéra de Reims, the Epinal Competition, Orchestre national de Metz, David Reiland
2019 : Kurgan, Philharmonie Hall, Eliso Virsaladze; Kurgan Philharmonic
2019 : Ettelbruck, Centre des Arts Pluriels, the Epinal Competition, Orchestre national de Metz, David Reiland
2019 : Epinal, Auditorium de la Louvière, the Epinal Competition, Orchestre national de Metz, David Reiland
2019 : Conservatory of Riva del Garda, Antonella Costa, Premio Melini
2018 : Linz, Brucknerhaus (The Middle Hall), Saint-Petersburg Music House
2018 : Kislovodsk, Hall named after A.Skryabin, Saint-Petersburg Music House, Academic Symphony Orchestra named after V.I. Safonov, Piotr Nikiforov
2018 : Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow Conservatory
2018 : English Hall of the Saint-Petersburg Music House, Saint-Petersburg Music House

Competitions

2019 : Participant of the "Solo-Final", 62nd Ferrucio Busoni International Piano Competition
2019 : 1st Prize, V International Piano Competition “Premio Roberto Melini”
2017 : 2nd Prize and Special Prize (Piano trio), VI Taneyev International Competition of Chamber Ensembles
2017 : 1st Prize and Audience Prize, 26th The Epinal Piano Competition
2014 : Finalist's diploma, V International Piano Competition “Minsk-2014”
2011 : 1st Prize, 22 International Music Competition "Citta di-Barlletta"
2008 : 2nd Prize and Special Prize, VII Igumnov International Piano Competition