Andrey Shibko

Andrey Shibko (born March 8, 1975, in Minsk) is a Russian pianist. His first international success came in April 1995 when he was awarded First Prize at the 19th D’Angelo International Artist Competition in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA.

In 1996, Shibko gave a recital as part of “The Great Performers Series”, which also included performances from Andre Watts, Janos Starker, Kathleen Battle, and the Juilliard String Quartet. He also performed Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the D’Angelo Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frank Collura, at the Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts Center.

He is a laureate of three European international piano competitions: Porto (1998, 1st prize), Concours Géza Anda (Zürich, 2000, 3rd prize), and World Piano Competition in London (2002, 3rd prize).

Since 1999, he has been an associate professor in the Department of Solo Piano Performance of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.