In one of the French newspapers, the well-known music critic Hélène Jourdan-Morhange then wrote: “Pikaisen... caused great admiration; his technical possibilities are endless and he is very poetic…” (“Les Lettres Francaises”, July 11, 1957).
Assessing the abilities and creative potential of his student, D. F. Oistrakh wrote on April 7, 1957, in the newspaper "Soviet Musician": "Viktor Pikaizen is a violinist of unlimited possibilities.
Lately, he has worked hard on a serious artistic polishing of his craft and has made great strides.” A year later, in 1958, Pikaizen won the second prize at the 1st International P. I. Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow.
He performed in many cities of the Soviet Union, in the countries of Western and Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, and South America.
He sees his pedagogical vocation in making students cultural musicians - to educate their taste, to instill love for work, for their profession, to create musicians-artists out of them.
Among the students: K. Blezan (Poland), A. Hans (France), B. Cotmel (Czech Republic), V. Sedov, A. Vediakova, Igor Pikayzen, Yury Revich, N. Tsinman, T. Martynova.