Alexander Lisuk

Apogee Merit Scholar

Odessa, Ukraine

Video: Fifteen year old Apogee Merit Scholar Alexander Lisuk Alexander Lisuk is shown in a live performance at Apogee’s Odessa International Music Festival For more information, see Apogee's 3 October 2006 news release. Click on image to play video © Apogee Foundation ®

Cellist Alexander Lisuk was selected as one of the first Apogee Merit Scholars from the Stolyarsky State Music School in Odessa, Ukraine, when a jury co-chaired by the Minister of Culture for Odessa Province, the Director of the Stolyarsky School and the President of the Apogee Foundation selected him for this honor during the 2005/2006 academic year.

The jury also selected Mr. Lisuk as the top performer in the course of the audition process for this award and awarded his teacher, Professor Pavel G. Kupin, with a special edition of Apogee's Achievement Award.

For more information, see the Foundation's 13 June 2006 press release.

He also was subsequently selected by the jury at Apogee's first International Music Festival in Odessa as a Performance Award laureate and an Apogee Merit Scholar for the ensuing 2006/2007 academic year.

For more information, see the Foundation's 3 October 2006 press release.