Mikhail Berestnev

Equally adept as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber musician, Mikhail Berestnev brings to every performance the experiences of a career spanning the globe, including performances in cities such as Sydney, Dublin, Moscow, Brussels, Rio de Janeiro, and Barcelona in addition to concert halls across the United States.

He has performed as a featured soloist with the Sydney Symphony, Brazilian Symphony, Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia, Fort Worth Symphony, Corpus Christi Symphony, Irving Symphony, Plano Symphony, San Angelo Symphony, Philharmonic Orchestras of Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, and Yaroslavl in Russia.

He won prizes at Gnessins International Competition, Stanislav Neuhaus International Competition, Sydney International Competition of Australia, BNDES International Piano Competition in Rio de Janeiro and American International Piano Festival & Competition in Washington DC.

Mikhail Berestnev is Artist-in-Residence with the St Matthews Cathedral Arts Program in Dallas, guest artist and collaborative pianist with the "Musica Nova" Ensemble at the University of Texas at Dallas and featured artist at the "Cliburn in the Classroom" Program by The Cliburn Foundation. Performed as a soloist and collaborative at music festivals such as Piano Texas International Festival and Academy (Fort Worth, TX), Basically Beethoven Festival (Dallas, TX), International Keyboard Odyssiad & Festival (Fort Collins, CO).

Graduated from the Russian Academy of Music named after Gnessins, Texas Christian University College of Fine Arts and Meadows School of Arts at the Southern Methodist University. He studied piano with Irina Grebyonkina, Andrei Khitruk, Alexei Skavronski, Vladimir Tropp, Tamás Ungár and Joaquin Achucarro.