Maxim S. — Piano Teacher — Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal

Pianist, artist of the well-known Montreal piano trio Fibonacci, laureate of the 2004 Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation Award, the 2012 Rachmaninoff International Competition in St. Petersburg and the 2013 Vienna International Piano Competition. Maxim Shatalkin graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he studied piano with Valery Kastelsky, Elena Kuznetsova and Mikhail Voskresensky, and chamber music with Alexander Bonduriansky, pianist of the Moscow Piano Trio. After winning the prestigious 2006 Swedish International Duo Competition with cellist Alexander Zababurkin, the local press reported: “Shatalkin revealed himself as a masterfully driven piano artist, where nothing was neglected: his performance combined a solid fidelity to style, well-adjusted temperament and overall an incredible, dazzling virtuosity”. As a member of the Kudriakova-Shatalkin Piano Duo, he was also a prizewinner in the 2015 International Competition Pietro Argento in Italy and the 2016 International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in Boston (USA). Maxim has taken part in various music festivals around the world, including the Julitafestival (Sweden), the Concert series Science and Music (Germany), the Sviatoslav Richter Festival in Tarusa (Russia), the Banff Summer Music Festival (Canada), and the concert series Belo Horizonte Concertos Didaticos and Concertos para Belem in Brazil. More then 10 years Maxim teached piano in famous Moscow Gnessin School of Music. In 2007 - 2011 was the artist of the Lipetsk Philharmonic Society, where he made more than 100 concerts as the soloist and chamber musician. In 2008 was awarded «The State Award of Central Federal District of Russia in Culture». From 2017 - CEO and co-founder of "Ars Nova" School of Arts. Combines teaching piano and his performing career.

Hello! You may find exactly what you are looking for! I have been teaching piano since 2000, first as a teacher in Music College, then after graduating from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory at the famous Gnessin School of Music. Been in Montreal since 2022, I want to share my experience with students, young Canadian pianist and piano lovers from all over the world.