Marko Topchii
Marko Topchii is a classical guitarist from Ukraine. Topchii has won more than 100 awards worldwide in the international classical guitar competitions in the professional category. Among them, 57 first places in the competitions in the United States, Mexico, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Ukraine.
Early life and education
Marko Topchii was born in 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine, to a family of musicians. Нe started studying the guitar at the age of four with Volodymyr Homenyuk and later with Borys Belsky.He graduated from the Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts under Prof. Volodymyr Dotsenko, Merited Artist of Ukraine in 2011. In 2016, Topchii completed a three-year postgraduate program at the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kyiv under Prof. Yuri Aleksik, Merited Artist of Ukraine.
He completed the professional studies program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under Prof. Judicaël Perroy in 2019. Topchii entered the master soloist programme at the Geneva University of Music under Prof. Judicaёl Perroy in 2022.
Career
As a multi-award-winning classical guitarist, orchestra soloist, and concertist, Marko has won over 100 awards worldwide in international classical guitar competitions in the professional category. Among them, 57 first places.In the fall of 2018, he appeared on the cover of issue No. 391 of the Classical Guitar Magazine: Marko Topchii, Perennial Prize Winner. The issue also included the interview: Marko Topchii, Inside the World of One of the Most Successful and Widely Travelled Competitors.
In 2017, he appeared on the cover of the issue No. 12 of Polish classical guitar magazine Sześć Strun Świata. The issue also included an interview.
Marko often performs with orchestras, having more than ten concertos for guitar and orchestra in his repertoire. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Salle Cortot, Yamaha Ginza Hall, and Tchaikovsky Hall. Topchii was an official D'Addario artist from 2012 to 2023. Topchii is an official Augustine Strings artist since 2023.
Awards
Topchii has won many awards worldwide in the international classical guitar competitions in the professional category.To see the actual list, please look at the tables below:
| Summary: | - | - | - | - |
| 1st prizes | 2nd prizes | 3rd prizes | Special prizes | Total |
| 57 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 129 |
Recordings
The conventional CD recordings are listed below:| Year | CD title | Recording label | Catalog no. / Barcode | Notes |
| 2024 | Guitar Recital: Marko Topchii, Winner 2023, Guitar Foundation of America Competition | Naxos Records | 8.574630 / 747313463077 | As a winner of 40th Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition |
| 2022 | Carnival | Contrastes Records | CR202204 / 8435383691132 | As a winner of 54th International Guitar Competition "Francisco Tarrega" |
| 2018 | Guitar Recital: Marko Topchii, Winner 2017, Michele Pittaluga Guitar Competition | Naxos Records | 8.573963 / 747313396375 | As a winner of 50th Michele Pittaluga International Classical Guitar Competition |
| canceled | As a winner of 3rd Zagreb International Guitar Competition | |||
| canceled | As a winner of 16th Jan Edmund Jurkowski Memorial Guitar Competition | |||
| 2016 | Marko Topchii | Fleur de Son Classics, Ltd. / dist. Naxos of America Inc. | FDS58036 / 856092001360 | As a winner of 6th JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition |
| 2016 | Van Gogh Fire | Contrastes Records | CR201601 / 019962131752 | As a winner of 5th International Classical Guitar Competition "Gredos San Diego" |
| 2015 | Stars of the Guitar | Beau Fleuve Records | 610708-094982 / 610708094982 | Highlights from the JoAnn Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition. Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta and various artists. Marko Topchii performing Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto pour Guitare et Petit Orchestra |
Topchii has many video recordings on his official YouTube channel.