Pianist

Victoria Chikalkina

Biography

Victoria Chikalkina performs as a soloist and chamber musician on modern piano, fortepiano, and harpsichord.

Classical piano remains central to her career. She graduated with honors in 2023 from the Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, in the class of Professor Maxim Philippov.

That same year she received the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship (ESKAS) for advanced piano studies at the Geneva University of Music (Haute École de Musique de Genève) with Paul Coker and Fabrizio Chiovetta, and with Pierre Goy for clavichord and historical keyboards.

She has also taken masterclasses with Rena Shereshevskaya, Alexander Kobrin, Laurent Cabasso, Ricardo Castro, Jean-Claude Vanden-Eynden, Elena Kuznetsova, Vera Nosina, Eduardo Delgado, and François Dumont.

Prizes & Awards

Rachmaninoff Days in Moscow — First Prize (in both Piano and Chamber Ensemble categories, 2015)
MariaFest — Second Prize (Moscow, 2018)
1st Independent Piano Competition — First Prize (Moscow, 2019)
“Val-de-Travers” International Piano Competition — Audience Prize (Switzerland, 2021)
Rahn Musikpreis — Finalist (Zurich, 2024)
Lavaux Classic Piano Competition — Third Prize (Cully, 2024)
Premio Tchaikovsky — Special Prize (Sobrio, Switzerland, 2025)

Concert Career

Since 2021, Victoria has been a soloist with the Ryazan Regional Philharmonic. She maintains an active solo and chamber music concert career, performing regularly on international stages.

She appears at major European musical events and festivals, including the Sobrio Festival, the Fête de la Musique in Geneva and Neuchâtel (Franz Liszt Hall and Temple du Bas), and the Festival de L’Ensemble L’Encyclopédie at the Zubov Foundation-Museum in Geneva (Fondation-Musée Zubov). She has performed at the Embassies of Switzerland and Iceland in Moscow.

Upcoming Concerts

September 2026

20.09. Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Schubertiade sur la Colline
Schubert Trio with Maxim Synytskyi (violin), Denis Poustovgar (cello)
More info

May 2027

14.05. Geneva, Switzerland
Conservatoire de Genève
W. A. Mozart — Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 · historical fortepiano (replica after Johann Andreas Stein)

Media

Video

Robert Schumann — Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14, 1st movement

Claude Debussy — Étude No. 11: Pour les arpèges composés

Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

Photos

Repertoire

Baroque & Pre-Classical

Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860, WTC I
Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A major, BWV 864, WTC I
Prelude and Fugue No. 21 in B-flat major, BWV 866, WTC I
Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 872, WTC II
Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor, BWV 877, WTC II
Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 880, WTC II
Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 884, WTC II
Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-flat major, BWV 886, WTC II
Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor, BWV 887, WTC II
Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893, WTC II
Toccata in G minor, BWV 915
French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816
English Suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 811

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Rondo in C minor, Wq. 59/6
Fantasia in C major, Wq. 59/4

Classical

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Sonata No. 5 in G major, K. 283
Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311
Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 457
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109

Joseph Haydn

Keyboard Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI:23
Keyboard Sonata in A-flat major, Hob. XVI:46
Andante con variazioni in F minor, Hob. XVII:6

Romantic

Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann…

Frédéric Chopin

Études, Op. 10: Nos. 5, 7, 8, 10
Études, Op. 25: Nos. 2, 6, 9, 11, 12
Nocturnes, Op. 15: Nos. 1, 2, 3
Nocturnes, Op. 27: Nos. 1, 2
Mazurkas, Op. 30: Nos. 1–4
Mazurkas, Op. 59: Nos. 1–3
Waltzes, Op. 34: Nos. 1–3
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante, Op. 22

Robert Schumann

Études after Paganini Caprices, Op. 10: Nos. 1 and 3
Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
Arabeske in C major, Op. 18
Novelette in D major, Op. 21 No. 2
Waldszenen, Op. 82
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 14

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Rêverie, Op. 9 No. 1
Nocturne, Op. 10 No. 1
Theme and Variations in F major, Op. 19 No. 6
18 Pieces, Op. 72: No. 3 Tendres reproches, No. 4 Danse caractéristique, No. 14 Chant élégiaque, No. 15 Un poco di Chopin, No. 18 Scène dansante (Invitation au trépak)

César Franck

Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21

Franz Schubert

Piano Sonata No. 16 in A minor, Op. 42, D. 845

20th Century & Contemporary

Claude Debussy, Sergei Rachmaninoff…

Claude Debussy

Suite bergamasque, L. 75
Images, Première série, L. 110
Étude No. 11 Pour les arpèges composés, L. 136
L'isle joyeuse, L. 106

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Elégie in E-flat minor, Op. 3 No. 1
Preludes, Op. 23: Nos. 2 and 6
Preludes, Op. 32: Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Ettore Pozzoli

Riflessi del mare
Trois Études

Alexander Scriabin

Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19 (Sonata-Fantasy)
Étude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42 No. 5

Dmitri Shostakovich

Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 87 No. 4
Prelude and Fugue in A major, Op. 87 No. 7

Carl Vine

Piano Sonata No. 2
The Anne Landa Preludes: No. 1 Short Story and No. 2 Filgree

George Enescu

Piano Suite No. 2 in D major, Op. 10

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Étude, Op. 42 No. 4 Kvartit (Fourths)

Nikolai Medtner

Forgotten Melodies, Op. 38 (Cycle I)

Sergei Prokofiev

Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14

Concertos for Piano and Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart…

Johann Sebastian Bach

Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Felix Mendelssohn

Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Frédéric Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

Robert Schumann

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 44

Chamber Music

Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart…

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3
Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 No. 1
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 Kreutzer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Violin Sonata in G major, K. 301
Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304

Johannes Brahms

Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101

Franz Schubert

Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 100, D. 929

Felix Mendelssohn

Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58

Mikhail Glinka

Trio Pathétique in D minor (for Clarinet, Bassoon/Cello and Piano)

Antonín Dvořák

Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 57

Edward Elgar

Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82

Ottorino Respighi

Sonata for violin and piano in B Minor, P. 110

Francis Poulenc

Violin Sonata, FP 119

Bohuslav Martinů

Sonata for Flute, Violin and Piano, H. 254

Nikolai Myaskovsky

Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81

Dmitri Shostakovich

Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67

Piano Duets (Two Pianos / Four Hands)

Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky…

Edvard Grieg

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (Arrangement for piano duet)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a (Arrangement for piano duet)

Claude Debussy

Petite Suite, L. 65 (for piano four-hands)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17

Contact

Booking & press inquiries

For concert bookings, festival invitations, or press requests, write directly.

victoriachikalkina@gmail.com