Stanislav Khristenko

Pianist Stanislav Khristenko was among the world's most frequently honored artists at prize competitions during the first years of his career. Settling in the U.S., he has been signed to the Steinway & Sons label. Khristenko was born in Kharkov (now Kharkiv), Ukraine, in what was then the Soviet Union, on May 25, 1984. He began taking piano lessons at age seven. Khristenko was winning awards even in his teens, taking a fourth prize at the Ettlingen International Piano Competition for young pianists in Germany in 1998, and following it up with a first prize at the Kosice Inter...