Sergei Teleshev
Ukraine; trained in Voronezh, Russia
Sergei Teleshev trained at the Academy of Music in Voronezh.
- Trained in Voronezh
- U.S. V-Accordion champion, 2013
- Two Castelfidardo prizes, 2020
- Bach on YouTube: 3M views
- Duo Two Accordions with his daughter
His roots are Ukrainian, and he spent part of his childhood in Ukraine. He co-founded Trio Voronezh, Classic Klezmer Trio, Valinor Quartet and East-West International Project. He has performed in the United States since 1996 and lives in Eugene.
In 2013 he won the U.S. National V-Accordion Competition and represented the country at the 7th Roland International V-Accordion Festival in Rome.
He took two categories at the International Accordion Competition in Victoria in 2017 and two third prizes at PIF Castelfidardo in Italy in 2020. His Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor has passed three million views on YouTube. He sits on competition juries from Canada to Ukraine and runs the Accordion Star International competition-festival.
He plays in Duo Two Accordions with his daughter, Maria Telesheva, who began studying with him at six. Oregon ArtsWatch noted him in Cascadia Chamber Opera's Tango of the White Gardenia in 2018 and in the live score for Ballet Fantastique's Edgar Allan Poe show at the Hult Center in 2023.
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