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In 1957 the young pianist took part in the PragueSpring Festival where he performed European premiere of Shostakovich SecondPiano concerto with the presence of Shostakovich himself. In 1966 he was honored with the Merited Artist of Russia award and in 1989 the People's Artistof Russia. 

Mikhail Voskresensky's concert geography is verylarge. He performed with more than 150 conductors in almost all countries of Europe, Japan, Korea, China, Australia, USA, Mexico and Peru. He had wonderful critics in international festivals in Tours, Colmar and Aix-en-Provence:"Voskresensky is not only an outstanding virtuoso, he lives in music andplunges into its depths..." Semaines Musicales, Tours. During his New York debuthis performance of Liszt Sonata and 5-th Scriabin sonata was highly estimated.His colleagues in chamber music were Borodin quartet, Shostakovich quartet,Tokyo quartet in New York, violinists M.Yashvili (all violin sonatas of Beethoven in 2004-05 season), R.Nodel and P.Berman, cellists E.Altman and A.Kniazev. Voskresensky's large repertoire includes all Beethoven sonatas, allworks of Chopin, 64 piano concertos with orchestra, played with John Pritchard,Franz Konwitschny, Kurt Mazur, Stanislav Scrowachewsky, Eugeny Svetlanov,Charles Dutoit etc. He recorded more than 50 CD's. Among them 16 concertos byMozart: K415, K459, K488 - 1-st CD; K414, K467, K491- 2nd CD; K37, K453, K4663rd CD; K271, K451 - 4th CD; K449, K595 - 5th CD and K175, K413, K456. Liszt'ssonata b minor, all nocturnes, preludes, sonatas by Chopin, all sonatas andetudes by Scriabin, Schumann's carnivals op.9 and op.26, Beethoven concerto N3 c minor, Brahms second concerto B flat major etcMikhail Voskresensky is a distinguished professor at the Moscow Conservatory, the chair of the professorship of piano faculty. His pupils have won 111 international prizes including 49 gold medals. Between them Stanislav Igolinsky, Amir Tebenihin, Temirzhan Erzhanov, Yakov Kasman, Alexander Ghindin, Sergej Koudriakov, Sergei Kuznezov, Evelina Vorontsova, Elena Kuznetsova, Mikhail Yanovitsky, Kooryeong Park, Oleg Marshev and Yury Favorin etc ... In 2001-04 prof. Voskresensky taught in Toho Gakuen University in Tokyo where his pupils had won 12 different prizes including Akiko Yamamoto's triumph at Schumann International competition in Zwickau in 2004. As a competition jurist Mikhail Voskresensky was in Sydney, London, Leeds, Geneva, Hamamatsu, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles and many others. He was a jury member of the last Tchaikovsky Competition and constantly is the chairman of Scriabin International Competition in Moscow.

Not so long ago he played the first concerto by Shostakovich in Beijing and the first concerto by Tchaikovsky in Shanghai under the button of Charles Dutoit. In the fall of 2007 during the celebration of the 100 anniversary of his teacher Lev Oborin, Voskresensky played in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory the Forth Concerto by Beethoven under the button of Vladimir Ashkenazi and The Second concerto by Brahms with Leonid Nikolaev. 

On June 2nd 2010 Mikhail Voskresensky completed his Mozart Piano Concertos Series. The last three concertos No.4, 15 and 26 were recorded live in concert at the Moscow Conservatory. This CD release will be released soon.

International Piano Festival Almaty 2013