Pianists · b. 1961

Igor Raykhelson

Russian pianist and composer

piano

Born: 24 April 1961
Saint Petersburg
Country: Russia
Discography: 2 albums

Biography

Igor Raykhelson is a jazz musician who plays piano. Igor Raykhelson was born on 24 April 1961 in Saint Petersburg. The discography here lists 2 albums, from “Jazz Suite / Little Symphony for Strings / Reflections / Adagio” (2007) to “Orchestral Music, Volume Three: Piano Concerto in G minor / Cello Concerto in G minor” (2014).

Igor Raykhelson (Russian: Игорь Райхельсон; born 24 April 1961 in Leningrad) is a Russian born American classical and jazz pianist and composer. He studied classical and jazz piano as a teenager at Leningrad Conservatory from 1976 then in 1979 his family moved to New York City where Igor continued his education at New York University under Alexander Edelman. His Jazz Suite and works for viola performed by Yuri Bashmet were well received by Gramophone Magazine in 2007. His chamber works have been performed at the Verbier Festival, including his first Piano Quartet in 2025 and his second Piano Quintet in 2026. In September 2025, Raykhelson was awarded the Villa Bertelli Prize, which was won by Andrea Bocelli the prior year. On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in 2026, Raykhelson staged a free concert, titled Armonie di Pace (“Harmonies of Peace”), in the historic Piazza del Duomo in Tuscany.

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