His acclaimed concerto recordings include Beethoven's Concerto No. 2 with the Israel Camerata, and Haydn Concerto in D Major with the Arturo Benedetti Michaelangeli Festival Chamber Orchestra. Other recordings include: the newly released live recording of the 24 Rachmaninov Preludes, Prokofiev's [[Piano Sonata No. 6 (Prokofiev)|Sixth Sonata]], No. 7 and No. 8 and Mussorgsky's "[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]", released by Video Artists International (VAI). His chamber music recordings, include DVDs of Beethoven's [[Violin Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)|"Spring" sonata]] with [[Igor Gruppman]], Brahms' Viola Sonata in F minor with [[Vesna Gruppman]], and a recital with legendary violinist [[Ida Haendel]] at the Miami International Piano Festival. Itin began his piano studies at age four, working throughout his childhood with Natalia Litvinova at the Sverdlovsk Music Conservatory for Gifted Children. Itin continued his studies with [[Lev Naumov]] at the Moscow Conservatory, graduating with the highest honors in 1990. On March 7, 2010, Itin recorded two live recitals in one day at the Miami International Piano Festival's Master Pianists Series, which have recently been released on the VAI label . This "Russian piano music marathon" contains all 24 Rachmaninov Preludes and Prokofiev's [[Piano Sonata No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Seventh]] and [[Piano Sonata No. 8 (Prokofiev)|Eighth]] piano sonatas. Ilya Itin teaches as a guest instructor at the Juilliard School and Peabody Institute and is a visiting artist/professor at [[Musashino Academia Musicae|Musashino Academy of Music]] in Tokyo, Japan. He has also served on the faculty of the Graduate Program at [[CUNY]], New York, and teaches in the summer at the Golandsky Institute at Princeton University. [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:Russian pianists]] [[Category:Russian classical pianists]] [[Category:Prize-winners of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition]] [[Category:Moscow Conservatory alumni]] [[Category:Cleveland International Piano Competition prize-winners]] [[Category:People from Yekaterinburg]] [[Category:21st-century classical pianists]]