Pyotr Akulov

Second Prize, 2025 Keʻalohi International Piano CompetitionFirst Prize and Audience Prize, 2023 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition

Silver Medal, 2021 Bachauer International Junior & Young Artists Competition

Pyotr Akulov began his piano studies at the age of four. He received his early musical training at the Moscow Central Music School and later at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music under Professor Maxim Zheleznov.

In 2023, Akulov won the top prize at the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, which led him to join the studio of Professor Stanislav Ioudenitch at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Akulov has participated in masterclasses with renowned artists including Dmitry Bashkirov, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, William Grant Naboré, Rena Shereshevskaya, and Boris Petrushansky. He has been a scholar of both the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation and the New Names Foundation.

Pyotr has been involved in a variety of solo and orchestral performances in Russia and worldwide. He used to be a participant of multiple musical projects and cultural events among which could be highlighted The Mstislav Rostropovich Festival, White Nights in St. Petersburg, The Crescendo, The Stars on the Baikal, The Rachmaninoff White Lilac (Kazan), Mikkeli Music Festival, St. Petersburg Arts Square Festival, PIANISSIMO, ViveArte Festival etc.

As a soloist Pyotr collaborated with different orchestras including The Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, The SVETLANOV Symphony Orchestra, The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, The Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, The Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, The Volgograd Symphony Orchestra, The Salzburg Chamber Soloists, The Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Macao Orchestra. He is an eager chamber music performer.

In 2021/2022 Pyotr debuted with his recital programs at the venues of the Moscow and St. Petersburg Philharmonic Societies. Since 2023 he has been engaged in a music subscription by the Moscow Philharmonic Society to perform a series of piano concerti with orchestra.

Pyotr is a prize winner of a number of international musical competitions inter alia: 2017 Zhuhai Mozart Competition for Young Musicians (I Prize); 2019 Astana Piano Passion (Grand Prix); 2020 Hilton Head International Piano Competition (II Prize); 2021 Grand Piano Competition (Grand Prix); 2021 Bachauer International Junior & Young Artists Competition (Silver Medal); 2023 The Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition (I Prize and Audience Prize).