Maksut Mukhitdin with his piano teacher Rafael Lipstein

Maksut Mukhitdin: Piano Class, Advanced Program

Maksut is a student in the Advanced Program. He has been studying piano with Rafael Lipestein, the lead piano teacher at the Zakhar Bron School of Music in Zurich, since 2021.

 
Passionate about the piano from a very young age, Maksut (born in 2016) joined the Zakhar Bron School of Music in 2021, when he was just five years old. Since then, he has been studying with Rafael Lipstein, the school’s lead piano teacher.

Despite his young age, Maksut has already performed on various stages in Switzerland and abroad, including appearances with orchestras. In April 2024, he made an impressive debut with the Zürich Chamber Orchestra Quartet at St. Charles Hall Villa in Meggen. Just six months later, he performed with the Camerata Tchaikovsky in London.

Piano Competition Awards

In addition to his intensive piano studies at the school and an active concert schedule, Maksut has participated in several national and international music competitions, where his talent has been duly recognized by the jury. Below are some of his most notable competition achievements:

  • 1st prize – at the Swiss Youth Music Competition 2025 Entrada Classica (in the piano solo category)
  • 1st Absolute Prize – at the ‘Piano Talents Milano 2024’ International Competition
  • 1st prize – at the Franz Schubert Piano Competition for Children and Youth by Schubertiade Riehen (Basel, 2023)
  • 2nd Prize – at the 7th International Music Festival and Competition of Paris (2024)
  • Gold Award – at the Music Festival for Youth in Vienna (2023)

Maksut dreams of becoming both a pianist and a composer, and he is already taking steps toward this path with great enthusiasm. He finds his deepest inspiration in the music of Frédéric Chopin and Sergei Rachmaninoff, whose works fuel his passion and creativity.