Michael Kaykov
American pianist and educator Dr. Michael Kaykov was born into a musical family and gave his first public performance at the age of six. At seven, he enrolled at the Special Music School of America (New York City).

He has earned his undergraduate degree from Mannes College of Music, studying with professor Jerome Rose, and Masters from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal.

In 2020, he earned his DMA at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Dr. Marc Silverman and writing his dissertation on the Scriabin Etudes under the guidance of renowned Fulbright scholar and musicologist Dr. Edward Green.

Dr. Kaykov is a professor of piano at OCLEF Inc. and is on the Harlem School of the Arts (New York City) and Virtu.Academy piano faculty.

Dr. Kaykov has performed as a soloist in USA, Europe and China. He worked closely with the late Glen Roven, two-time Emmy winning composer, lyricist, conductor and producer.

Michael's articles on Scriabin's music have been published (in English) in the International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music (IRASM, Croatian Musicological Society), and Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki (PMN, Russia). Michael Kaykov is a Steinway Educational Partner.