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Vitalij Kuprij, pianist and composer, has been the recipient of numerous awards and prizes. He won the prestigious first prize as the youngest person to compete in the All Union Chopin Competition held in the Republic of Kazan, Soviet Union; the gold medal in the Kiev Conservatory Competition and the Poltawa, Ukraine Mykola Lyssenko Competition. In addition he received first prize in the Geneva Duo Competition for Violin and Piano as well as the gold medal in the Piano 80 and Swiss Youth Competition; the Chicago Piano Competition; the New York Piano Competition; and the Cleveland Piano Competition.
Vitalij's appearances on Ukranian radio and television have brought him critical acclaim for his performances. Flutist James Galway chose Mr Kuprij as his accompanist for International Flute Seminar Master Classes held in Switzerland and for work on an international tour. Mr Galway and Vitalij were recently heard throughout the country on National Public Radio together when Sir James played a world-premier of one of Vitalij's original compositions written for piano and flute broadcast throughout the United States. Soon thereafter, Vitalij was featured on WRTI for an hour broadcast from Philadelphia; Crossover with Jill Pasternak. "He is most gifted and his playing is simply poetic. This young man is an explosion waiting to happen....I have rarely seen an audience react to a pianist in the way the Swiss audience reacted when he played a solo in the middle of my recital." Sir James Galway.
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