Ilya Sinaisky, pianist, was born in the Ukraine and emigrated to Israel in 1990. Following undergraduate studies at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, he earned his MM Degree from Tel Aviv University and his DMA Degree from the University of Maryland. Prizewinner at the Darius Milhaud Performance Competition, he was awarded the Robert McCoy Prize for Excellence in Collaborative Piano at the University of Maryland. Dr. Sinaisky has been a collaborative piano faculty member at Colorado State University, Heifetz International Institute for Strings, and the Aspen Music Festival, and currently teaches piano at Rubin Conservatory (Haifa) and is pianist for the Israeli Opera.