[2] In 2016, at the age of 10, she was awarded first prize in two categories of the International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz.
[4] She has performed over 40 times with orchestras and has given solo recitals in Paris, New York, Washington, Fort Lauderdale, Brussels, Vienna, Istanbul, and Bayreuth.
After Ukraine was invaded by Russian forces in February 2022, Khrystyna, her mother and her younger sister fled to Krakow in Poland and lived there for three months.
[6][7] In 2023, she was awarded a full bursary for a four-year degree course to study piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
[8] Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, the Royal Academy’s principal, said: “Khrystyna Mykhailichenko is an extraordinary talent of rare maturity for her age.