Prokofiev 6 Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 102
Mussorgsky Night on Bald Mountain
Tchaikovsky-Pletnev Selection of pieces from The Sleeping Beauty Suite

Nikita Lukinov piano

Nikita Lukinov is a Scotland-based pianist heralded for his “extraordinary breadth and freedom of imagination” (Gramophone) and named a 2023 BBC Music Magazine Rising Star. He has performed as a soloist in venues across the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Poland, Croatia, and Russia, most notably at Wigmore Hall, Usher Hall, Southbank Centre, Verbier Festival, Palau de la Música, Fazioli Hall, and Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow.

Additionally, both his live and studio performances have been broadcast by BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio 3 and Scala Radio.

Nikita is a member of the Live Music Now Scotland scheme,  carrying out the important mission of providing live music of an international standard to socially disadvantaged people. In October 2022, Nikita became the youngest senior staff member at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and across all UK conservatoires.

A disciple of the Russian Piano School, Nikita Lukinov started his musical education at the age of six in Voronezh, Russia. At the age of 10, he gave his debut performance as a soloist with a symphonic  orchestra and at 14, he won a full scholarship to study at the Purcell School  in London. Nikita was awarded a full scholarship to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in 2017, a Master’s Degree in 2021, and an Artist Diploma Degree in 2023 at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) at the class of Prof. Petras Geniušas, where he finished in Summer 2024.