Boris Slutsky

Since his orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony in 1980, Boris Slutsky has performed on nearly every continent as a soloist and recitalist. He has collaborated with distinguished conductors and major orchestras worldwide, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart State Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Korea’s KBS Symphony Orchestra, and the Baltimore, Florida, Utah, and Toronto Symphonies, as well as leading orchestras in Norway, Italy, Spain, Russia, Colombia, Brazil, and South Africa. He has appeared on recital series throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Far East, performing at such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Kaufmann Concert Hall, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, National Concert Hall in Taipei, Seoul Arts Center, and Teatro Colón in Bogotá, among many others.

Slutsky has won first prizes at the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, the San Antonio International Keyboard Competition, and the William Kapell International Piano Competition, where he also received the Audience Prize and the William Backhaus Award. His additional distinctions include major prizes at the Busoni, Pozzoli, Gina Bachauer, and Glenn Gould/Bach competitions.

An avid chamber musician, Slutsky has collaborated with numerous distinguished artists. His chamber music recordings include a critically acclaimed recording of Schumann’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano with violinist Ilya Kaler, released on the Naxos label.

Slutsky has served on the juries of numerous international piano competitions and has given master classes throughout North and South America, Israel, Europe, and Asia. His students have won prizes at many major international competitions.

Slutsky joined the piano faculty of the Peabody Conservatory in 1993, where he taught until 2021 and returned from 2024 to 2026 as Distinguished Professor of Piano. He also served as visiting faculty at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music and as Visiting Professor of Piano at the Eastman School of Music. In fall 2019, he joined the faculty of the Yale School of Music, where he currently serves as Professor in the Practice of Piano.