NIKITA LUKINOV

Piano

PROGRAMME

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Nikita is an award-winning concert pianist whose recent solo engagements have taken him across the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, Poland, Croatia, Germany, and Russia. He has performed at major venues including Wigmore Hall, Usher Hall, Southbank Centre, King’s Place, Fazioli Hall, and the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow.

During the 2022–23 season, Nikita gave recitals at Steinway Hall (London), Usher Hall (Edinburgh), the British Institute (Florence), Palau de la Música (Barcelona), and the Embassy of the City of Hamburg, representing Steinway & Sons. He also performed in the Hastings International Piano Series, the Vaduz Rathaussaal in Liechtenstein, the Celebrity Recitals series in Shrewsbury, and completed a 10-concert tour of Scotland, including a live broadcast for BBC Radio Scotland. In January 2023, he won the Walcer Prize at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and made his Usher Hall solo recital debut.

Highlights from the 2021–22 season include winning 1st Prize at the Sheepdrove UK Intercollegiate Piano Competition, the Grand Prix at the Tokyo Stars International Competition in Japan, and 2nd Prize at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Spain. He performed at the Southbank Centre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and the prestigious Verbier Festival in Switzerland. Notably, Nikita gave two charity recitals in support of Ukraine, in Shrewsbury (April 2022) and Berlin (December 2022), raising over £10,000 for humanitarian aid.

He holds First Class Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, and is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma on full scholarship at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Since October 2022, he has also been a faculty member in the piano department—becoming the youngest senior staff member among UK music conservatoires.