Arseniy Gusev

Recipient of Charles Ives Fellowship 2025 and winner of Singapore International Piano Competition 2021, Arseniy Gusev has been pursuing a double career, as a composer and concert pianist. Since his orchestral debut at the age of 15, Gusev’s compositions have been performed in such venues as Mariinsky Theater, Carnegie Hall, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Woolsey Hall, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic, and present a colorful variety of styles and genres, some of which are solo, collaborative, orchestral and chamber music, film and theater scores, electronic compositions, lofi, techno, ballet, and opera. Among his most distinguished mentors and influences are David Lang (with whom he studied at the Yale School of Music), Sergei Babayan (his teacher at the Juilliard School and previously at the Cleveland Institute of Music), and Sergei Slonimsky (St. Petersburg Conservatory mentor). Several Gusev’s works notably explore alternative and imaginative history, as well as its cultural oddities (such as Madrigals on Ancient Egyptian Poetry, Fragments from Wojciech Bobowsky’s Diary, Mandrakes from the Garden of Rudolf II, etc.). Among his albums are Enfleurage (Etymology Classics, 2023), Musical Offering (Steinway&Sons, 2024), Cabinet of Curiosities (LIMG, 2025), and Witraż (Azica, 2025). Arseniy is a young Steinway artist. His compositions have been published by Kompozitor (2018‑2022) and Donemus (2025‑present) publishing companies.