Mark Peskanov (born in Odesa, Ukraine – then part of the USSR) is an American virtuoso violinist, known as a soloist, chamber musician, composer, conductor, and concert presenter.
[2] In 1973, at the age of fifteen, he emigrated to the United States, where he attended the Aspen Music Festival and the Juilliard School.
[2] Upon his recital debut at Carnegie Hall, The New York Times declared, “Mark Peskanov is a tremendous young violinist and his Friday evening concert at Carnegie Hall was a triumph…He has it all—technique, temperament, and taste.”[3] Since 2005, Peskanov has been president, executive and artistic director of Bargemusic.
[6] Peskanov is the recipient of the Avery Fischer Career Grant[7] and Carnegie Hall’s first Isaac Stern Award.
[8] He debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra as the first recipient of the Frederick R. Mann Memorial prize.