Born in the icy Irkutsk in eastern Siberia, Irina Shishkin belongs to a family with a long musical tradition. He began studying piano at age 7 years and eleven entered for competition in the Central Musical School in Moscow where he stayed until age 14 under the tutelage of the prominent piano teacher Tamara Kolossos disciple Emil Gilels and Yakov Zak.
Later he entered the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with teachers and Tatiana Nikolaeva Oleg Ivanov, concluding his studies at the Conservatory with the title of "Soloist, Chamber Music Teacher with a Master of Fine Arts." Winning the contest is "Shchedrin (Moscow 1985), has been presented in the most prestigious concert halls of his native country and the Board" Bolshoi in Moscow, among many others.
He currently resides in Mexico City where she teaches piano and chamber music at the Escuela Superior de Música del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. Mexico has played in the most important country as the Board of Nezahualcoyotl, the Main Hall and Sala Manuel M. Ponce of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Museo Nacional de Artes, Sala Carlos Chávez the University Cultural Centre, Auditorio Blas Galindo ANC Parliamentary Precinct National Palace and the Amphitheater and many others, theaters and universities.
In the interior of Mexico has been invited to perform at various cultural festivals among which the "International Cervantes Festival, the International Festival of Morelia, the International Piano Festival" Black and White ", the" Forum New Music International, "and the" Festival Cultural de Zacatecas. "
He has presented at the International Festival of Chamber Music "in Stavanger, Norway, and the" Spring Festival "in Vermont, USA as well as various concert halls in Russia, Germany, Belgium, Norway, USA, Netherlands and Italy.
In collaboration with the National Autonomous University of Mexico and sponsored by private companies, the teacher has developed Shishkin musical projects of great relevance as evidenced by the prize that was awarded the Mexican Union of Chroniclers of Theater and Music in 2006 for his cycle Concert Anthology of Russian Music. "
Highlights Complete Directory interpretation of chamber music of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich in order to commemorate its 90 years, which was presented at the National Arts Centre and numerous piano recitals that included works by Russian composers from different eras. Recently, thanks to support received from the ANC itself, carried out a series of concerts entitled "Russian Music." His academic work has been highlighted by the numerous awards his students have won national and international competitions.
Irina Shishkina recordings includes the CD “The sound of the russian bells”,“The last rose of summer” of her concert with famous violist Mikhail Zemtsov at Duivenvoorde Castle in the Nederlands,”Troika”- piano duo with pianst Maya Berdieva,”Russian and mexican music for violin and piano” with Sergei Gorbenko,”Musical treasures” with Sergei Gorbenko and Vladimir Sagaydo,”Works for violin and piano by Higinio Ruvalcaba” of her concert wlth violinist Dmitri Zemtsov,””Flashes of Mexico” with Sergei Gorbenko and Vladimir Sagaydo ,and her last recording release “Vibraciones de Mexico”.
In 2016 she presented her integral compositions work in three books, the first two named as "Cristales de Recuerdos” (Crystals of Memories) and the third "El Piano, la Magia y Tú” (The Piano, The Magic and You), music work especially for children because those were compositions from her childhood. In the same year Irina released a CD with some works of "Cristales de Recuerdos" under the label "Arco y Lira", with the support of the "Mexican National Record Library".
Irina Shishkina is a permanent jury of the international music competition “Empire of Russian Music” at San Remo, Italy. Some Irina’s students are winners or finalist of various piano international competitions.
