Igor Pikayzen

Igor Pikayzen (Russian: Игорь Леонидович Пикайзен; born November 16, 1987) is a Russian-American violinist.

Appearing as a soloist with the national symphonic orchestras of Russia, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, Turkey, Mexico, Poland, Italy, Romania, Mexico, Chile, Georgia, and the US, he has performed under the batons of such conductors as Jorge Mester, Łukasz Borowicz, Brett Mitchell, Lior Shambadal, Toshiyuki Shimada, Emil Tabakov, Hobart Earle, Gürer Aykal, Thomas Rösner, Jerzy Salwarowski, Nurhan Arman, Daniel Huppert, Jose-Luis Dominguez and countless others.

[3] His debut recording for Warner Music Korea with the London Philharmonic Orchestra comes out in 2023 and will feature the Glazunov violin concerto, as well as the original version of the Waltz-Scherzo by Tchaikovsky.

[4] Igor Pikayzen has recorded works of Paganini, Ysaÿe, Tchaikovsky, Marteau, Debussy, Brahms, Elliott Carter, Saint-Saëns for Naxos, Pentatone, ProMusica, Orchid Classics and Warner Music.

He is a frequent guest at festivals around the world He is currently Professor of Violin at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver[5] in addition to being the Artistic Director of Festival Edelio[6] in Westport, CT.