12 Facts About Mykola Suk

Mykola Petrovich Suk is a Ukrainian American pianist and Merited Artist of Ukraine.

Mykola Suk gained international recognition as the winner of the First Prize and Gold Medal at the 1971 International Liszt-Bartok Competition in Budapest, Hungary.

Mr Mykola Suk has given recitals in countries of the former Soviet Union, France, Germany, England, Finland, Egypt, Mexico, United States, Canada, Korea, China, Mongolia and Australia.

Mykola Suk has appeared as soloist with numerous leading orchestras, from the Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev to the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn under Roman Kofman.

Mykola Suk has collaborated artistically with the world's outstanding conductors, among them Charles Bruck, Janos Ferencsik, Arvid Jansons, Stefan Turchak, James DePreist and Carl St Clair.

Mr Mykola Suk is an avid believer in 20th and 21st century piano literature.

Mykola Suk was honored to premiere numerous works, especially by Ukrainian composers such as Valentin Silvestrov, Ivan Karabyts and Myroslav Skoryk.

Mykola Suk completed his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Piano Performance at the Moscow Conservatory, studying with Lev Vlassenko.

Mr Mykola Suk has given master classes at many festivals and music schools around the world.

Mykola Suk has taught as an adjunct faculty member at various music schools such as the New England Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, Columbia University, and the University of Southern Alabama.

In 2001, Mr Mykola Suk settled in Las Vegas, Nevada, taking responsibility for keyboard studies at the Music Department of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Mykola Suk's solo playing in the irredeemably kitschy concerto "Totentanz" was remarkably nuanced, its many iterations of the "Dies Irae" theme directed inward, rather than toward the balcony.