Pianist Ilya Yakushev, with many awards and honors to his credit, continues to astound and mesmerize audiences at major venues on three continents.

Ilya has performed in prestigious venues worldwide, including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (NYC), Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco), Sejong Performing Arts Center (Seoul, South Korea), Great Philharmonic Hall (St. Petersburg), and Victoria Hall (Singapore). He has appeared in all 50 states, touring the U.S. as soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra, and performing concertos with the San Francisco Symphony, Boston Pops, Rochester Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, and many others. In 2025-26, dozens of engagements brought Ilya from New York City to Florida and Hawai’i and beyond, for recitals, concertos and chamber music.

As a chamber musician Ilya has performed with members of the renowned St. Lawrence String Quartet, and has an active partnership with cellist Tommy Mesa, winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Prize.

In 2026, Ilya was invited to become the pianist of the extremely active and sought-after Amelia Piano Trio.

Winner of the 2005 World Piano Competition which took place in Cincinnati, OH, Ilya received his first award at age 12 as a prizewinner of the Young Artists Concerto Competition in his native St. Petersburg. In 1997, he received the Mayor of St. Petersburg’s Young Talents award, and in both 1997 and 1998, he won First Prize at the Donostia Hiria International Piano Competition in San Sebastián, Spain. Ilya was a recipient of the prestigious Gawon International Music Society Award in Seoul, Korea.

Ilya studied at the Mannes College of Music in New York City with legendary pianist Vladimir Feltsman.