Nikolai Choubine, Piano

Biography

Dr. Nikolai Choubine has performed extensively across Europe and the United States. His most recent performances included Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsdy on a theme by Paganini" with Kuban Symphony Orchestra with Vladimir Ponkin conducting, a Master Artist recital at the Golden Key Music Festival in New York City, and a solo recital at Steinway Hall in Manhattan. Dr. Choubine was born in the city of Krasnodar, Russia into a family of musicians and began to play piano at the age of five. He received his early formal musical training from the Krasnodar School of Music for Children and the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music. At the age of sixteen his live performance of Liszt’s Piano Concerto #1 was recorded by Ekaterinburg TV. He was also featured on the Krasnodar TV program “Young Talents.” As a student of Valentina Zvereva Dr. Choubine graduated from the Russian State Academy Gnesin’s Institute of Music in Moscow with a degree in piano performance and pedagogy. 

 Dr. Choubine earned Doctor of Music in Piano Performance degree from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he studied with Arnaldo Cohen. Nikolai Choubine is a prize-winner at several international piano competitions and a recipient of numerous awards including a Russian and East European Institute Mellon Endowment Fellowship, and a Marion and Eubie Blake Scholarship. He is also a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, an honorary music fraternity.