The winner of 17 awards from prestigious international piano competitions, Konstantin has performed to critical acclaim at leading venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Wigmore Hall (London), and The Louvre (Paris). Every season, Konstantin is heard in recitals and with orchestras in the United States and Europe. As the newly appointed Director of Education and Community Engagement at Grand Piano Series in Naples, Konstantin brings to Southwest Florida his dynamic combination of performance and audience interaction honed through his acclaimed lectures at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, at Singapore’s Academy of Music, at Latvia’s Jelgava Music School, and as an adjunct faculty member at his alma mater, the Juilliard School in New York City. Born in Moscow to a family of artists, Konstantin studied at the Moscow Central Music School, where he double-majored in piano and composition. Konstantin’s The Pride Suite for piano is enjoying world premieres this season, and his first symphonic work, Once Upon The Spring, will be performed with the Auburn Symphony in California and the Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras.