Dr. Evgueni Tchougounov has a Ph.D. in Piano Performance (University of Montreal) and a Ph.D. in Music Education (Moscow State Pedagogical University). He is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Music of Lakehead University. Before coming to Canada, he worked as a Lecturer in Methodology and Psychology of Music Education at the Music Faculty of Moscow State Pedagogical University. Upon arrival and the outset of his doctoral studies, he taught Piano Performance at the Faculty of Music of the University of Montreal and at the McGill Conservatory of Music. Dr. Tchougounov is performing regularly as a concert pianist, both as a soloist and collaborator, and as a choir conductor with different programs in the U.S.A, Canada, Russia, and Switzerland. Many of his solo and chamber music recitals were presented in famous recitals halls such as: Carnegie Weill Recital Hall (New York, 2010), Pollack Hall and Redpath Hall (McGill University, Montreal, 2009, 2006), Salle Claude Champagne (Université de Montréal, 2002-2008), Rachmaninoff Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (Russia, 1998), Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur (Montreal, 2010), Live Radio Lac Recital Hall (Geneva, Switzerland, 2000). A sensitive artist and a critically acclaimed pianist, he possesses a rare musicality, which unmistakably charms his audiences around the world.
