COMPETITIONS

2nd Prize and five other awards Sydney International Piano Competition; Gold Medal and Audience Prize Cincinnati World Piano Competition Ohio, USA; prizewinner Honens Piano Competition Calgary, Canada; Top of the World Competition Tromsø, Norway; Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition Salt Lake City, Utah; Leschetizky International Piano Competition Hamburg; Sendai International Music Competition Japan; the Gian Battista Viotti International Piano Competition Vercelli, Italy: and many more

MASTERCLASSES/JURY

He has conducted masterclasses worldwide, including at the University of Utah, the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Pai-Chai University in Daejeon, South Korea, the University of Debrecen in Hungary, the Conservatorio di Lecce in Italy, the Vere Music Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre and the University of the Arts Bremen. Also he is in demand as a jury member, serving at competitions such as the Gina Bachauer Junior and Young Artist Competition (USA, European preliminary round), the Budapest Chopin Piano Competition, the Steinway Advancement Prize Hamburg, the Virtú d’Arte International Piano Competition Singapore, among others

MUSICAL BIOGRAPHY

Artem Yasynskyy, born into a family of musicians in Donetsk, Ukraine, gave his first concert at the age of eight after just one year of training at the Special Music School for Gifted Children. He completed his piano studies with distinction at the Prokofiev State Music Academy in Donetsk, already achieving numerous competition successes during that time. At the University of the Arts Bremen, he completed postgraduate and master’s studies with Prof. Patrick O’Byrne, as well as his concert exam, all with distinction. During his studies, he received the Steinway Advancement Prize and was a scholarship holder of the Hans and Stefan Bernbeck Foundation, the German Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, the London Keyboard Charitable Trust, among others. His studies in composition provided him with inspiration for
improvisation, which forms the central focus of his musical work. Artem Yasynskyy presents improvisation evenings, interacts with the audience, and personally hosts his concerts

TEACHING

Since 2025 Senior Artist for Piano, Kunstuniversität Graz/Austria
2022–2024 Professor for Piano, Conservatorio Tartini Trieste/Italy
2021–2022 Substitute Professor for Piano, HfK Bremen/Germany
Since 2015 lecturer for Piano, HfK Bremen/Germany

ALBUMS

• 2025 at Surpreme Classics with Cellist Maddalena del Gobbo, recorded in the Konzerthaus Wien in 2024,
• 2016 at Naxos, 18 Sonatas Domenico Scarlatti; due to Yasynskyy’s intensive engagement with pre-piano techniques of harpsichordists,
• 2015 at Grand Piano (Naxos), works by the Polish piano master Józef Hofmann,
• 2010 Quarta+, Yasynskyy’s first album on which he appears as both pianist and composer, recorded in Donetsk in
• 2010, compilation albums, upcoming: works by Valentin Silvestrov with the Mriya Excil Orchestra, recorded in at the Sendesaal Bremen in Sep.
• 2024, upcoming: works by Gabriel Prokofiev and Ukrainian music with his Lyatoshynsky Trio.

CONCERTS

Numerous concert performances have taken him across Europe, South Korea, Japan, Russia, the USA, Canada, and Australia, including appearances at festivals such as Salzburger Festspiele, Vienna Philharmonic Ball, Rarities of Piano Music Husum/Germany, Music Festival Bremen/Germany, Bard Music Festival New York, MozArt Festival Lviv, Daejeon Chamber Music Festival, Festival of Polish Music Krakow, Chopin Festival Hamburg, Festival Chopin au Jardin in Paris, Chopin Fest Prishtina/Kosovo, Honens Festival Calgary/Canada, Paderewski Festival Raleigh/USA, and Gina Bachauer Artist Series Salt Lake City/USA, among others.

Performances as soloist with renowned orchestras have given him the opportunity to present significant works. These include appearances with Utah Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra of Ukraine, Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, Donetsk State Orchestra, Kharkiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Coccia Symphony Orchestra, Mriya Excil Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra, Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, and Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra

Yasynskyy also performs chamber music, collaborating with ensembles and artists such as his Lyatoshynsky Trio, cellist Maddalena Del Gobbo, violinist Stefan Latzko, cellist Gabriel Schwabe and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

He has been featured in a solo recital at the New York Carnegie Hall and has performed in Germany at venues including Sendesaal Bremen, Konzerthaus Berlin, Bremer Theater, Berliner Philharmonie, Laeiszhalle Hamburg and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Broadcasts of his live performances have been aired by Radio Bremen, Deutschlandradio Kultur, NDR 3, WDR 3, CBC Radio (Canada), BYU Radio (Utah), and Bartók Radio Budapest.

REVIEWS

SELECTION

“The 2015 Cincinnati World Piano Competition is history, etched into place […]. Performing with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra […]. Yasynskyy came out on top, winning the gold medal, […] and a solo recital in New York City. Yasynskyy produced a big sound in the Tchaikovsky Concerto, where he also
showed an uncanny ability to match the colours of the orchestra. His rapid octaves in the first movement were thrilling, and he gave a big thrust to the ending. The finale had a wonderfully playful cast, Yasynskyy finding heart in its lyrical second theme, whizzing over the keys when the movement called
for it.”
Mary Ellyn Huton, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14. June 2015.
“Ein anderer ‚junger Entdecker‘ war der Ukrainer Artem Yasynskyy, der atemberaubend souverän die höllisch schweren Charakterskizzen von Josef Hofmann spielte. Neben diesen ebenso brillanten wie charmanten Werken bot Artem Yasynskyy auch das selten zu hörende ‚Holiday Diary‘ von Benjamin Britten oder Stücke von dem französischen Komponisten Jehan Alain – ein ideales Raritäten-Programm, so Festival-Leiter Peter Froundjian.”
Elisabeth Richter, Deutschlandfunk, Stream am 23. Aug. 2016.
“His [Jozef Hofmann’s] compositions are more characteristic […] and technically challenging. Artem Yasynskyy plays them with great commitment and technically at a high level.”
Pizzicato.lu, 25. April 2022.

“[…] the opening recital […] included the best performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition I have ever heard in the concert hall. […] a recital that also ranks from start to finish among the very best I’ve heard anywhere in the world. […] With this remarkable program, young Artem Yasynskyy […] who has already won considerable recognition, made a spectacular NC debut with some very unusual repertoire – all played from memory – and […] left no doubt in anyone’s mind that this is a supreme player, technically and artistically. Indeed, he’s a master.”
John LW. ambert, Online-Musikjournal
CVNC, North Carolina, 5. Nov. 2016

“[…] hingerissen und aufgerüttelt reagierten sie auf die einzigartige Klangsprache des jungen Meisterpianisten Artem Yasynskyy aus exzellentem virtuosen Können, fulminanter Brillanz und Dynamik und unverwechselbar lebendiger, farbensprühender Ausdruckskraft.”
Weser Kurier, 23. Okt. 2012.
“Artem Yasynskyy stellt sich […] mit phänomenaler Technik vor, aber auch als sehr poetischer Künstler mit wunderbaren Klangfarben am Klavier. Seine Ausdruckspalette ist breit, und er beherrscht das Instrument in all seinen Facetten. Er kann mit kraftvoller Löwenpranke und Geschwindigkeit beeindrucken, viel wichtiger als das sind aber sein Geschmack und seine vollkommen natürliche Musikalität. Dazu kommt eine große Neugier auf spannendes und ungewöhnliches Repertoire.”
Nordwestradio Klassik, 25. Sept. 2015.
“Artem Yasynskyy ist ein kraftvoller Virtuose […] sein Scarlatti ist brillant und technisch hochrangig. Yasynskyy versucht nicht [das Cembalo] zu imitieren. Er nutzt die dynamischen Möglichkeiten des Klaviers, […]
gerade dadurch gewinnt sein Spiel eine ganz neue Dimension: Echo Effekte, klug dosiertes Pedal und einfallsreiche Verzierungen machen Yasynskyys Scarlatti zum Vergnügen. Dieses Album macht Spaß, denn
Interpret und Komponist liegen auf einer Linie: Yasynskyys Spiel spiegelt Scarlattis unendlichen musikalischen Einfallsreichtum, und er begegnet diesen fantastischen Stücken mit Brillanz, Humor und ansteckender Lust am Spiel.”
CD-Tipp by Wilfried Schäper, Bremen Zwei, 7. Feb. 2018

“„Artem Yasynskyys Album mit Stücken von Josef Hofmann gehört zu den spannendsten Klavier-CDs der letzten Monate und ist eine brillante Visitenkarte des jungen Pianisten. Ich bin ganz sicher: Von diesem Musiker wird man noch sehr viel hören, nicht nur in der New Yorker Carnegie Hall.”
Radio Bremen, 15. Dec. 2015.
“‘Kaleidoskop’, the last of his four Charakterskizzen […] demanding extreme agility and imaginative tonal colouring. The Ukrainian pianist Artem Yasynskyy […] with exemplary articulation, phrases the piece beautifully. […]
Finally we have the premiere recording of the substantial single-movement Theme with Variations and Fugue. […] well recorded, equal to the giddy technical demands and, most importantly, with the compelling advocacy needed to show these neglected works in the best possible light.”
Jeremy Nicholas, grammophone.co.uk, June 2015.
“[Yasynskyy] brings authority and panache to all the performances, and his considerable technique serves the music’s expression instead of calling attention to itself. The sound is excellent.”
Rob Haskins “American Record Guide”, Nov. 2015.
“Der […] Pianist ist derzeit der beste Klavierspieler in Bremen.”
Klassikwelt, Radio Bremen, 5. April 2014

“In this newest Naxos volume pianist Artem Yasynskyy pretty much follows this interpretive formula, but with the highest skill, the most sensitive artistry. In fact, after listening to his performances, I can say that if Naxos had wanted a single pianist for the project, he might well have been a top choice. He is that impressive. … Listen to how the pianist seems to enact all sorts of laughter and fun in one of the most joyous Scarlattian romps you’ll ever hear. My advice to Naxos is, latch onto Yasynskyy and engage him to do more recordings in this series as well as other repertory from Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev and others.”
Robert Cummings, Classical Net, April 2018.
„Er besitzt eine bemerkenswerte Kontrolle der Klangintensität, und jede seiner Verzierungen ist musikalische sinnvoll und bereichert den musikalischen Diskurs, ohne die Fluidität und die interpretative Spannung zu reduzieren. Eine herausragende Aufnahme auf dem hohen Niveau der Serie.“
José L. Arévalo, Ritmo (Spanish Music Magazin), Sept. 2018.
“His stage presence conveys a sense of authority from the outset. The solo passages were of scintillating precision in what was in all probability a unique rendition of this work. With complete command and musical authority, he communicates a sense of security and inner tranquility. The semiquavers were delivered with a precise detache-touch which gave every sound a life of its own. Tempo, rhythm and phrasing were perfectly controlled at all levels. In the 3rd movement he progressed to the Coda without playing a further cadenza. The character of every variation was skillfully presented.”
(about Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 c-minor KV 491)
“[…] he varied his technical resources to meet the equirements of the individual variations, overcoming the many and diverse difficulties with mastery. In comparison to the other contestants his musical delivery attains a completely different dimension.”
(über Brahms-Paganini Variationen)
Chopin Magazine, Sendai, Japan, July 2013. “Der ukrainische Pianist Artem Yasynskyy ist ein Ausnahmetalent der Klaviatur. […] So macht er das Alte aufregend frisch und neu und das Neue auf zugleich analytische und intuitiv empfindsame Weise zugänglich.”
Weser Kurier, 20. April 2012.
“[Yasynskyy] can caress the most beautiful sounds from the keyboard, and knows exactly how much he can manipulate the pulse of each work to give it shape and attraction.”
David Denton of David’s Review Corner, May 2015