Victor Chestopal

Victor Chestopal serves as Professor of Piano and Chairman of the Keyboard Section at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels since 2020, with concurrent professorship at Italy's Accademia Perosi. A globally recognized performer, he has collaborated with orchestras including the Moscow Philharmonic and Helsinki Philharmonic, and performed at venues like Brussels' Palais des Beaux-Arts and Moscow Conservatoire.

His educational background includes:

• Early training at Moscow's Gnessin Music School and Central Music School of the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire
• Master's degree from Sibelius Academy (2001)
• Doctor of Music from Sibelius Academy (2010) with thesis "Temporal correlation in the Goldberg Variations"
• Studies at Imola's Accademia Pianistica (1992-1997) and Weimar's Hochschule für Musik (1995-1997)

Chestopal's research integrates performance practice with musicological analysis, focusing on structural interpretation of Baroque and Romantic repertoire. His scholarly work examines temporal relationships in canonical piano works, while his artistic output spans Early Music, Contemporary Theatre, and Jazz Education. As a multilingual poet publishing in Russian, Italian, and French, he bridges musical and literary arts through collections like "Anno" (2014) and "Poeticheskie dnevniki" (2018).

His honors include:

• First Prize at the “Carlo Soliva” International Competition (1990)

As an educator since 2007, Chestopal conducts annual masterclasses in Liège and serves on international competition juries. He actively mentors students across European conservatories while leading charity initiatives for organizations including "Save the Children" and "Mary's Meals", often performing benefit concerts for humanitarian causes.