Ilia Chkolnik (*1963)

Born in 1963 in Kishinev (ex USSR), Ilia Chkolnik was a child musical prodigy. He studied trumpet, piano, and composition at the special music school in Moscow, areas in which he achieved diplomas in 1980 and 1985 at the famous Gnessin Academy of Music. In 1980, after having received First Prizes at trumpet competitions in Tallinn (Estonia) and Prague (Concertino-Praga), he became at...
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