"There, right away, the evidence of an exceptional talent. A devouring passion animates this long, slender body, which he uses with incredible mastery, daring the excessive gestures of some of the greatest pianists. Behind the glasses blazes a prodigious blue-eyed intelligence that cuts through the appearance of things." - Jacqueline Dauxois, Festival de Menton 2017.
" The pianist's richness and length of sound stand out, as does his ability to take time, to attend to detail while remaining totally straightforward. The magic of sound only increases (...) Striking! - Alain Cochard, in ConcertClassic.
Born into a musical family of Soviet immigrants, Slava Guerchovitch is a French pianist born in 1999 in the Principality of Monaco. Brought up in an environment pre-established by three generations of violinists, he chose not to follow the family tradition and began his studies at the Rainier III Academy of Music in Monaco with a completely different instrument: the piano.
In 2015, after brilliant studies in the Principality, Slava returned to the CNSM in Paris, where he obtained his Licence de Piano unanimously with the congratulations of the jury. He benefited from the advice of great artists such as M. Béroff, E. Virsaladze, B. RiguXo, J. Rouvier, P. Gililov, D. Pollack, P. Entremont, J.-P. Collard, I. Lasko...
Slava Guerchovitch continued his artistic training for 5 years with Russian pedagogue Réna Shereshevskaya, at the Ecole Normale Cortot in Paris.
In March 2022, he became the 3rd Frenchman to win the 1st Grand Prix of the prestigious Concours International d'Epinal. He also won the Prix de la Jeunesse Musicale Française awarded to the best French candidate, the Prix de la SACEM for the best interpretation of the contemporary work written by Guillaume Connesson, and the Prix Shigeru Kawai. A few months earlier, in November 2021, he won 1st Prize at the Roma International Piano Competition in Rome, with a remarkable performance in the final of Mozart's 23rd Concerto in A Major with the Roma Tre Orchestra under Pawel Gorajski, a concerto he also performed in Epinal with the Orchestre National de Metz under Lucie Leguay. In 2021, he also wins unanimous 1st Prizes at the Concours International Bellan in Paris, the 1st Swiss International Music Competition, and the tie International Moscow Music Competition, adding new lines to his list of international competition successes: 1st Prize at the Scriabin Competition in Paris (2016), 2nd Prize and Special Prize for the best interpretation of Romantic works at the Claude Bonneton Competition in Sète (2013), Bronze Medal at the Claude Kahn International Competition in Paris (2014)...
He is regularly invited in France and abroad to perform at numerous festivals: Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, Festival Piano à Saint-Ursanne, Festival Piano en Valois, Festival Artenetra, Festival de Menton, Festival Chopin à Paris, Festival Bach à Toul, Festival Musicorum, Les Nuits d'Eté à Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Les Rendez-Vous du Piano de Falicon, Piano à Levens, Festival Max Van der Linden, Les Vendredis au Musée Pouckine de Moscou...
A versatile musician, Slava Guerchovitch performs as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles. He collaborates with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berne Symphony Orchestra, the Roma Tre Orchestra, the Orchestre Régional de Cannes, the Khmelnitsky Philharmonic, the Rivne Philharmonic...
Since June 2022, Slava has been an ambassador for Monaco's Sancta Devota Humanitarian Foundation. In collaboration with the Foundation, Slava released two albums in 2025, the first a solo recital entitled "Born in Monaco", warmly welcomed by the press, the second "Ravel Imaginaire" devoted to Maurice Ravel's music for piano and violin, with his older brother David on violin.