Stanislav Khrystenko from Ukraine has won the first prize - Premi "Barcelona” (EUR 20.000) at the 59th Maria Canals Piano Competition 2013. The second prize - Fundació Lluís Carulla (EUR 10.000) went to Tamaoki Yoshida from Japan. Hee-Jae Kim from Korea was awarded the third prize - Montserrat Isern de Coromina(EUR 6.000).
Stanislav Khristenko was born in Charkov in 1984. His early music education took place in his home town, followed by studies at the Moscow Chopin College. In 2008, he graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory where he studied with Vera Gornostaeva, Maxim Philippov, and Daria Petrova.
Stanislav Khristenko's international honors include the Horowitz Competition in Kiev, the Safonov Competition in Russia, Chopin for Youth in Poland, the Karamanov in Ukraine, and Tchaikovsky for Youth in St. Petersburg, Russia. Stanislav Khristenko has won first prizes in competitions in Agropoli 1997, Naples 2005, Barletta, 2006, Gravina 2006, Cantu 2010, in Slovakia (1999), Greece (2004), and the United States (the Wideman in Shreveport, Bösendorfer USASU in Tempe, the Virginia Waring in Palm Desert, and the Jose Iturbi in Los Angeles. He won 2nd Prize in the Tongyeong International Competition in South Korea in 2008, the Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan in 2006, and 3rd Prize in the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 2005.
