Michigan Arts & Culture

Celebrated young pianist returns to Detroit to make classical music cool again

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff

Published June 6, 2016 at 5:03 PM EDT

Ivan Moshchuk will perform at Orchestra Hall on June 9, in the first solo piano concert presented by ProMusic in over 10 years.

Our conversation with pianist Ivan Moshchuk

Ivan Moshchukhas been playing piano publicly since he was a young teenager.

Born in Russia and raised in Grosse Pointe, Moshchuk became the first Michigan artist to win the Gilmore Young Artists award in 2010.

He's since gone on to perform in concert halls around the world.

Watch Moshchuk perform Prelude in B minor by J.S. Bach, arranged by Alexander Siloti:

https://youtu.be/EerigJ7Ghzc

After spending some time in Paris, Moshchuk has returned to Detroit to continue his performing and recording career. He also wants to help boost Detroit's cultural and classical music experience through an arts initiative he's founded called The Detroit Sessions.

Moshchuk joined us on today's Stateside.

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Ivan Moshchuk is a 25-year-old, internationally-renowned pianist from Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Learn more about Moshchuk and hear more of his work by visiting his websiteand his blog.