Mikhail Voskresensky commands an international reputation as a pianist in the great Romantic tradition. He is a prizewinner of four international piano competitions: Schumann in Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, George Enescu in Bucharest, and Van Cliburn in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1966 he was honoured with the Merited Artist of Russia award and, in 1989, with the title of People’s Artist of Russia.
Mikhail Voskresensky has extensive concert experience. He is the only pianist in Russia to have performed all of Chopin’s piano compositions during a single concert season: in 1982–83, he presented nine recitals in the Maly Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire. In 1957, the young pianist took part in the Prague Spring Festival, where he performed the European premiere of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto in the presence of the composer himself.
Mikhail Voskresensky is a distinguished professor at the Moscow Conservatory and chair of the piano faculty. His pupils have won 126 international prizes, including 55 gold medals. He is President of the Scriabin International Society and Guest Professor at the Toho Gakuen School in Tokyo.
Although Mr. Voskresensky devotes much of his energy to teaching and giving masterclasses in various countries, he undoubtedly considers performance to be his primary purpose. Voskresensky is an extraordinary and unique musician: when hearing his playing, one can feel his sincere and subtle soul — a rare quality in our rational times.
He has recorded more than 50 CDs, including a boxed set of all Mozart Piano Concertos (2013) and a five-CD set of all Mozart Piano Sonatas (2015).
In June 2022, Voskresensky left Russia with his family as a protest against the war in Ukraine. In August of the same year, he immigrated to the United States.