Sergei Kvitko

Sergei Kvitko’s career is as diverse as it is successful. As a pianist, Mr. Kvitko has captured the attention of music critics with his “masterful, intuitive playing… arresting artistry… an iconoclastic sense for rubato rhythm and phrasing” (Fanfare Magazine), and has been praised for his “luminous touch… warm, round sound… plenty of brilliance” as well as “a natural, appealing musicality and sensual understanding of piano tone” (The Chronicle-Herald). American Record Guide proclaimed his recording of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition as “among the best ever made” and placed on its Critics’ Choice List. In spring of 2013 Mr. Kvitko embarked on a 14-city solo concert tour, which climaxed with his New York City debut at Carnegie Hall that “was met with rousing applause, bravos, and a standing ovation” (New York Concert Review). In 2018 Sergei Kvitko performed solo recitals in the United States and Austria, and came back to Carnegie Hall accompanying famous Russian flutist Maxim Rubtsov. 2019-2020 season brings more solo concerts as well as performances with orchestra in the US as well as Madrid, Spain; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Innsbruck and Salzburg, Austria; Kiev and Odessa, Ukraine.
As a composer he gathered multiple awards for his incidental music for the production of Steven Dietz’s play “Dracula.” Other compositions include incidental music for Tennessee Williams’ play “The Glass Menagerie” as well as many transcriptions and arrangements.