Mr. Ghindin’s winnings include the $50,000 Mixon First Prize, a compact disc recording on the Naxos label, a series of engagements under the auspices of the Competition, two years of management service, and a New York recital debut—December 3, 2007 in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Mr. Ghindin graduated from Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory after completing master class studies with Professor M.S. Voskrensky in 2001.  By the age of 13 he had already won the Moscow Young Pianists’ Competition, and at 14 became youngest ever winner at the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1994, later gaining Second Prize at Brussels International Reine Elisabeth Competition in 1999.

He subsequently joined the Moscow State Philharmonic as soloist in 1999, and has performed in his native Russia, as well as in Europe and Japan. The numerous ensembles and orchestras he has played with include the London and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchester der Stadt Freiburg, New Japan Philharmonic, the Philharmonie de Liège, Flemish Radio, the Swedish Royal Festival Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, Rotterdam Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Philharmonie de Luxembourgh, Israel Chamber Orchestra, the ’Moscow Virtuosi’, the St. Petersburg "Camerata", Russian National Orchestra etc. The recitals provided the opportunity to work with a wide range of conductors, including Vladimir Fedosseyev, Saulus Sandeczkis, Vasily Sinaysky, Yuri Simonov, Dimitry Kitaenko, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Verbitsky, Paavo Järvi, Alan Gilbert, Leonard Slatkin, Artur Fagen, Tomasso Placidi and Thomas Zanderling.