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Guitar Society of Toronto | Marko Topchii (Ukraine)
November 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$40
Winner, 2023 Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition
Marko Topchii was born to a family of musicians in Kiev, Ukraine and started studying guitar at the age of four.
He is currently pursuing a doctorate at the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music in Kiev under the guidance of Prof. Yuri Alexik, Honored Artist of Ukraine. He completed his master’s degree in the National University of Arts in Kharkov in 2011, where he studied under Prof. Volodymir Dotsenko, Honored Artist of Ukraine.
Marko has won more than 50 awards in international guitar worldwide, including 34 first places in competitions in the United States, Mexico, Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Serbia and Ukraine.
He has made recordings for Fleur de Son Classics, Contrastes Music Records and is featured performing the Villa Lobos Concerto with the Buffalo Philharmonic on Stars of the Guitar (Beau Fleuve Records).
Marko plays guitars made by Karl-Heinz Roemmich, Yuichi Imai, Sakurai Kohno and Hong Sik Uhm. He is a D’Addario artist since 2012.
He actively performs around the world, regularly performing with orchestras and other ensembles as well as a soloist.
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