Ivan Kostornyi, a fifteen-year-old violinist, began his musical studies at the age of five with Alla Zhitnitskaya in Sydney, Australia. At the age of nine, he gave his first solo concert in Sydney. When he was ten years old, Ivan and his family moved to Orlando, Florida, where he started studying with Olga Kolpakova at the St. Andrew‘s Conservatory of Music, located in Sanford. Currently, Ivan studies with Rimma Bergeron-Langlois, who is the concertmistress of the Orlando Philharmonic, and Olga Kolpakova. He has also studied under Professor Julia Bushkova, Dr. Alvaro Gomez, and Dr. Lev Gurevich. Ivan has also participated in masterclasses and received individual lessons from Antal Zalai, Evgeny Bushkov, David Kim, and Professor Routa Kroumovitch. Ivan also has participated in and received top prizes in various competitions including the MTNA National Competition and the FSYO Concerto Competition. Besides violin, Ivan also studies organ (as a second instrument) with Dr. Terry Yount, a former professor at the Rollins College.
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