Ivan Chepkin was born in Moscow in 2008. Since 2016, he has studied at the Moscow Gnessin Special School (College) of Music under Anna Arzamanova, Honoured Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Prize-winner at international competitions:
2024
- Prize-winner at the 4th Grand Piano Competition for Young Pianists (Moscow);
- First Prize winner at the inaugural Gnessin Moscow International Piano Competition (Moscow).
2025
- Winner of the Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (Lugano, Switzerland).
He has taken part in masterclasses given by Andrei Pisarev, Sergei Osipenko, Eduard Kunz, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Michel Béroff, Alexander Strukov, Dmitry Lyudkov, Tatiana Zelikman and Nikolai Demidenko.
Winner of the Festival Orchestra Symphony Laboratory (2024).
Recipient of a Moscow Mayor’s Grant in Culture and the Arts (2026).
