Eugene Kaminsky
Education and Training
BM, Rubin Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv; DMA, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. Studies with Evgeny Lieberman, Dina Yoffe, Valery Ostrovsky, Vitaly Margulis and James Tocco.
Awards and Recognition
Prize winner of Josef Hofmann" International Piano Competition
Prize winner of "Carlo Soliva" International Piano Duo Competition
An active performer, Eugene has performed and appeared on the Music of the Year Festival and Grandin Festival, as well as guest performances on Schleswig-Holstein and “Russische Schule” festivals in Germany, and “Villa Medici” in Italy.
As a piano duo, Eugene gave several “pioneer” 20-century music performances such as the USA premiere of Erwin Schulhoff’s Ironien in 1999 and the world premiere of Menachem Zur’s Isaiah’s Visions for piano four-hands and chamber orchestra in 2001.
While he was on the piano faculty of the Preparatory Department of CCM UC, his students won several merit awards and prizes in concerto and solo competitions. Eugene’s scholarly research projects included a lecture-recital Beethoven in 1800: Crisis of Style and Order of Disorder on the Concerto for Two Solo Pianos by Igor Stravinsky.
His doctoral thesis is dedicated to research on Schumann’s editions and manuscripts.
Premieres include U.S. premiere of Erwin Schulhoff’s Ironien in 1999 and the world premiere of Menachem Zur’s Isaiah’s Visions for piano four-hands and chamber orchestra in 2001, in piano duo with his wife, Eva. Former faculty of Preparatory Department of CCM UC, and currently the faculty of the South Shore Conservatory.
Curriculum Vitae
BM, Rubin Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv; DMA, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati. Studies with Evgeny Lieberman, Dina Yoffe, Valery Ostrovsky, Vitaly Margulis and James Tocco.
- Prize winner of Josef Hofmann" International Piano Competition
- Prize winner of "Carlo Soliva" International Piano Duo Competition