Michael Berkovsky Canada Canadian/ Israeli Pianist Michael Berkovsky made his New York debut at Avery Fisher Hall after winning Juilliard`s concerto competition. He has won numerous awards, including the 2007 Yale Gordon Competition, Baltimore music club, IBLA Grand Prize, Jacob Flier International Competition, and has performed under the baton of Vladimir Feltsman, Stefan Sanderling and Leon Fleisher.

Mr. Berkovsky played solo recitals in Ireland, Costa Rica, Japan, Italy, Israel, Canada and the United States and he is an active chamber musician. He has collaborated with the Jupiter Chamber Orchestra and with chamber musicians from Juilliard and Peabody. He has participated in Master Classes with Leon Fleisher, Emanuel Ax, Joseph Kalichstein, Murray Perahia, Ilya Itin, Byron Janis, John O`conor and Mikhail Voskresensky. Mr. Berkovsky has played in the Banff, New Paltz, Toronto, and Pianofest, Music Festivals.

In 2007 Mr. Berkovsky was awarded a grant from the Canadian Arts Council. He was also a recipient of the America Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships, Zfonot Tarbut, and with the recommendation of Maestro Valery Gergiev he was the recipient of The White Nights Foundation Scholarships.

Michael was born in the former Soviet Union and immigrated to Israel in 1990. He has studied with Nataly Litvinova and was mentored by Alexander Slobodyanik. In 2001, his family moved to Toronto, Canada. He received a Bachelor`s and Master`s degrees from The Juilliard School where he studied under Yoheved Kaplinsky and Julian Martin. At present, he is Doctoral student at the Peabody Conservatory studying in the studio of Prof. Yong Hi Moon.