Elisey Mysin

Elisey Mysin (in Russian Елисей Мысин; born 28 Oct, 2010 in Stavropol) is a Russian pianist, composer, child prodigy and actor. He studies at the Central Music School at the Moscow State Conservatory in the class of Professor Natalia Trull and Daniil Tsvetkov. He has performed with fellow piano virtuoso Denis Matsuev and has also played with the Russian National Orchestra and the Youth Symphony.

Career
Elisey's first teacher was Lyudmila Tichomirova.

At the age of eight, without a score, he performed Mozart's Concerto No. 3 in D major in Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia, in public.

In Vienna he participated in the 2018 Classical Young Stars, an international music festival for children and adolescents under the presidency of Denis Matsuev.

Acting
Elisey Mysin made his acting debut playing Minka in the 2020 film All about Lyolya and Minka (Про Лёлю и Миньку).

Awards and prizes

 * 2016: Finalist on the "Blue Bird" Russian TV competition
 * 2017: 1st prize in the 5th International Youth Competition "Where Art is Born".
 * 2017: Laureate of the "Astana Piano Passion" International Piano Youth Competition in Kazakhstan
 * 2019: Soloist in the A.B. Michelangeli International festival in Trento, Italy
 * 2020 and 2021: first prize at the Vladimir Krainev International Piano Competition in Moscow
 * 2022; 1st prize at the 4th Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for young musicians in China
 * 2023: 1st prize at the Düsseldorf International Robert Schumann Competition for young pianists
 * 2023: 1st prize at Cleveland International Piano Competition (CIPC), category junior (age 11–14)
 * 2023: 1st prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Nashville, Tennessee, division Artiste (age 16–22)