“More notable than the limpid clarity of this passagework is the subtly imaginative pointing to his phrasing - something that bodes well for a life beyond familiar repertoire.” Gramophone
"Dmitry is a flamboyant pianist, of great musical honesty and rigor. We have awarded musicians that we have come to know and who have proven to be complete and brilliant in other repertoires. " Tribune de Geneve
“Dmitry is a serious and dedicated pianist: high professionalism combined with natural musical subtlety and artistry.” Evgeny Kissin
“Dmitry delivered an electrifying interpretation” Le temps
Silver Medal at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition and winner of the 73rd Geneva International Music Competition, Dmitry Shishkin has been acclaimed for both his creative and individual approach to music. He has been defined by the critics as a “electrifying and flamboyant pianist, of great musical honesty and rigor.”
Dmitry Shishkin’s recent and upcoming highlights include Shostakovich Piano Concerto at Wiener Musikverein, appearances with the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande under J.Nott, Budapest Festival Orchestra under G. Takacs-Nagy, Prague Radio Symphony under P. Popelka, recital tours in S. Korea and Taiwan, as well as at the Bellini Theater in Catania, Wigmore Hall and at the Verbier Festival.
He has also appeared with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra of Belgium, Staatskapelle Weimar, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Bellini, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra and Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, among others.
He is frequently invited to prestigious Festivals, such as Verbier, La Roque d’Antheron, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Radio France Montepellier Festival, Bergen Music Festival, “Chopin and his Europe” Festival, Bergamo Brescia Music Festival, and has collaborated with such artists as Daniel Lozakovich and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
Based currently in Switzerland, he began his piano studies at the Gnessin Moscow School of Music with Mikhail Khokhlov, continuing at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Eliso Virsaladze, and later in Sicily at the “Vincenzo Bellini” State Conservatory in Catania with Epifanio Comis and in Hannover at the Musikhochschule with Arie Vardi.