Kostiantyn Lukyniuk

Professional Violinist

Rochester, NY

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EDUCATION 

• Chernivtsi Music School for Children No. 2  - Graduated in 2013 (with honors)

36 Kobylians’ka St, Chernivtsi, Ukraine 5800

• Chernivtsi Art College n.a. S. Vorobkevych  - Graduated in 2017 (with honors)

3 Hakmana St, Chernivtsi, Ukraine 58000

• Eastman School of Music   - Class of 2021

26 Gibbs St, Rochester, NY 14605 

TRAINING 

Teachers                                                                                          Years of study 

• Nataliia Liutova                                                                       2004-2013

• Liudmyla Martyniuk                                                             2013-2017

• Oleh Krysa 2017-
  

HONORS 

• 2008 - Regional string instruments competition (Chernivtsi, Ukraine) - Grand Prize

• 2009 - 1st International youth performance art competition «Восхождение» ( Yalta, Ukraine) - 1st place

• 2010 - Regional string instruments competition (Chernivtsi, Ukraine) - Grand Prize

• 2010 р. – 10th International youth performance art competition «Акорди Хортиці» (Zaporizhia, Ukraine) 
Category: Young composer - 1st place

          Category: Soloist with orchestra - 2nd place

          Category: Ensemble - 3rd place (duet, first violin)

• 2010 - National youth music competition «Бурштинові нотки» (Rivne, Ukraine) 
Category Soloist - Grand Prize

          Category Duet - 1st place (1st violin)

• 2011 - 1st National youth competition «Музичний листопад» (Mariupol, Ukraine) - 1st place

• 2012 - International classical music competition «Bohemian Rhapsody» (Teplice, Czech Republic)

  Category Soloist - 2nd place

          Category Duet - 2nd place (2nd violin)

• 2013 - 9th M. Erdenko International Violin Competition (Belgorod ,Russia) - 1st place

• 2013 - International competition “21st century art” (Kyiv-Vorzel, Ukraine) - 1st place 

• 2013 - 5th International youth performance art competition «Восхождение» ( Yalta, Ukraine) 

            Category Soloist - 1st place

            Category Duet - 1st place (1st violin)

• 2015 - National music competition “ProArt” (Khmelnytsky, Ukraine) - 2nd place

• 2016 - Semifinalist at the 2nd Oleh Krysa International Violin Competition (Lviv, Ukraine)

• 2017 - 17th International youth performance art competition «Акорди Хортиці» (Zaporizhia, Ukraine):

          Category: Soloist with orchestra - Grand Prize

• 2017 - National Arts Competition “Нові Імена” - Grand Prize

• 2018 - Semifinalist at the Seoul International Violin Competition (Seoul, South Korea)

MAJOR SOLO PERFORMANCES

• 2009 - Kabalevsky Violin concerto with Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra 

• 2011 - Bruch Violin concerto with Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra 

• 2013 - Wieniawski Violin concerto 2 with Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra 

• 2014 - Khachaturian Violin concerto with Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra 

• 2015 - Paganini 1 and Wieniawski 1 with Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra 

• 2016 - Britten, Ernst and Vieuxtemps 5 violin concertos with Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra 

• 2016 - Tchaikovsky violin concerto with Chernivtsi Philharmonic Orchestra 

• 2017 - Paganini 1 with Zaporizhia, Cherkasy Philharmonic Orchestras + a performance in the National Philharmonic of Ukraine with the "Kyivska kamerata" Orchestra 

Various solo recitals at the Chernivtsi Ogran Hall, Art College Recital Hall, music school halls around the Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytsky regions. 

ORCHESTRAL & ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCES

• Violin ensemble “Magical Strings” (2009-2017)

• Art college youth orchestra - (2014-2017)

• Eastman Student Symphony Orchestra - (2017-2019)

• Kodak String Quartet - (2019-)

OTHER PERFORMANCE ACTIVITIES 

Since 14 years of age, I began practicing street performance and have been doing it since. I have performed in such Ukrainian cities as Chernivtsi, Rivne, Lutsk, Lviv, Kyiv, and Odessa. Over the summer of 2018, I have done over 50 performances near popular sightseeing places around NYC. 

Played over a 100 various events such as:

• personal events: weddings, birthday parties, engagements, restaurant performances, office openings, etc. 

• religious holiday celebrations at churches in NYC, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse

• Ukrainian ethnic festivals in Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, and Utica

Gave concerts for children in music schools across the region to popularize music education. 

Since 2019, I have been a managed International artist at the “Christoforis” (The Seven Productions) music event agency in Costa Rica.

On May 11, 2019 I was the Headliner for the “Bright Stars of Spring Benefit Concert” for “The Rotary Club of Webster, New York.”