Born in 1995 in Moscow, Konstantin Khachikyan graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (Professor A.A. Pisarev). He is currently pursuing postgraduate degree (Professors A.A. Pisarev and N.L. Lugansky).
He is a laureate of multiple international competitions, including the Chopin Competition in Canberra (Australia, 2017), Piano Competition in Lyon (France, 2018), Rachmaninoff Competition for Pianists, Conductors, and Composers (Moscow, 2022), and Piano Competition in Hong Kong (2022). Furthermore, he clinched victory in the Chopin Competition in Moscow (2016), Vienna International Music Competition (Austria, 2021), and All-Russian Music Competition (2022).
He has graced the stage in the most prestigious concert halls across Russia and beyond, including performances in Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Japan, Australia, among others.
He collaborates with leading orchestras and eminent conductors such as V. Fedoseyev, T. Currentzis, D. Raiskin, F. Korobov, V. Uruypin, M. Alsop, and others.
Repertoire
Round 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 878, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No.18 in D major, KV 576
Allegro / Adagio / Allegretto
Frédéric Chopin
Étude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6
Franz Liszt
Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 12 Chasse-neige
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Étude-tableau in D minor, Op. 33 No. 4
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Méditation, Op. 72 No. 5
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 19 No. 4
Scherzo humoristique, Op. 19 No. 2
Round 2
Frédéric Chopin
Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Three pieces from The Seasons, Op.37-bis
June (Barcarolle) / July (Song of the Reaper) / August (Harvest)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Maurice Ravel
La Valse (arrangement for piano)
Round 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito / Andantino semplice – Prestissimo / Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Allegro ma non tanto / Intermezzo. Adagio / Finale. Alla breve