Osip Nikiforov

Piano Faculty

Osip Nikiforov is a Siberian pianist who studied under the tutelage of world renowned pianists--Alexander Braginsky, Yefim Bronfman, and Jon Kimura Parker. He is also a Third Prize winner of 2016 San Antonio International Piano Competition. In 2026, he was also awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board Grant for a series of solo piano concerts dedicated to Tchaikovsky and Liszt’s anniversaries. In 2024, he recorded a series of folk tale inspired piano pieces for children by the Ukrainian composer Aida Isakova, which was broadcast nationally on Minnesota Public Radio and is now available online as the "Folk Classics from Across the Globe" radio special. Osip is regularly invited to perform at concert series and festivals, including the Minnesota Orchestra Summer Festival, the Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, and the Mozart Festival Texas. Besides the United States, he has given solo recitals in Spain, Israel, South Africa, Russia, and Japan. Osip Nikiforov has also frequently collaborated with national and international orchestras, including the St. Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Mississippi Valley Symphony Orchestra, and Khakass Philharmonic. He has also appeared on WFMT Radio, the Star Tribune, GetClassical, Austin Daily Herald, and Houston Press. In 2021 Osip’s first solo piano album “Russian Elegie” was released on all digital platforms.