Daniel Kharitonov

Born in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. He studies at the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory. At present he is a pupil of Valery Piasetsky. At the age of six he received a scholarship from the New Names Charitable Foundation. In 2010 he won the 11th International Nutcracker Television Competition for Young Musicians. In April 2015 he took the Grand Prix at the 1st Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition. Since the age of 12 he has regularly performed with the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. He holds a scholarship from the Vladimir Spivakov Charitable Foundation. He has appeared with the best Russian orchestras, among them the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Large Symphony Orchestra, and the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra. In 2013 he performed in Carnegie Hall in New York.