Konstantin Krasnitski je: apsolutni pobjednik, laureat I. nagrade i posebne nagrade publike na I Međunarodnom pijanističkom takmičenju EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) Svetislav Stančič u Zagrebu 1999. godine. Na III Međunarodnom pijanističkom takmičenju S. V. Rahmanjinov u Moskvi 2002. godine osvojio je 4. nagradu i zvanje laureata. Dobitnik je nagrade posebnog fonda Predsjednika Republike Bjelorusije Aleksandra Lukašenka 2002. godine.
Rođen u gradu Minsku u porodici profesionalnih muzičara, prve časove klavira primio je od majke pijanistkinje Valentine Krasnitskaje. Sa 5 godina primljen je u Srednju specijalnu muzičku školu za talentovanu i nadarenu djecu u klasu profesora Jevgenija Puksta. Nakon uspješnog završetka, školovanje je nastavio na Bjeloruskoj državnoj muzičkoj akademiji u klasi priznatog profesora Vladimira Nehaenka. Veliki uticaj na mladog Konstantina imalo je njegovo poznanstvo s priznatim ruskim pijanistom, profesorom Moskovske, Trosingenske i Varšavske muzičke akademije, Viktorom Karpovičem Meržanovom, kod kojeg se Konstantin usavršavao tokom sedam godina.
Na Bjeloruskoj državnoj akademiji Konstantin Krasnitski stekao je naziv magistra umjetnosti gdje je od 1999. godine nastavio djelovati kao pedagog. Ubrzo je postao gostujući profesor Umjetničke akademije Anyang Normal University u Kini, docent Bjeloruske državne akademije te redovni profesor Akademije za umjetnost i kulturu Sveučilišta J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku. Mnogi njegovi učenici nagrađeni su na međunarodnim takmičenjima i festivalima. Krasnitski se bavi pedagoškim radom i aktivno koncertira. Nastupao je u Bjelorusiji, Rusiji, Ukrajini, Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, Kini, Tadžikistanu, Njemačkoj, Austriji, Turskoj, Italiji, Norveškoj, Danskoj, Hrvatskoj, Srbiji, Bugarskoj, BiH, te s vodećim orkestrima u Bjelorusiji, kao što su Predsjednički orkestar Republike Bjelorusije, Simfonijski orkestar narodnog akademskog Velikog pozorišta opere i baleta Republike Bjelorusije, Državni akademski simfonijski orkestar Republike Bjelorusije, Državni kamerni orkestar Republike Bjelorusije, Simfonijski orkestar grada Gomela, Simfonijski orkestar grada Molodečno, Simfonijski orkestar Bjeloruske državne muzičke akademije Mlada Bjelorusija, kao i sa inostranim orkestrima: Moskovski simfonijski orkestar, Simfonijski orkestar Hrvatske RTV, Hrvatski komorni orkestar, Varaždinski komorni orkestar. Sarađivao je s istaknutim muzičarima: Pavle Dešpalj, Vladimir Ziva, Berislav Šipuš, Jevgenij Ksavijerev, Genadij Provatorov i dr. Nastupao je u Konzerthaus u Berlinu, Velikoj (Plavoj) Rahmanjinovskoj i Maloj dvorani Moskovskog konzervatorijuma, Queen Elisabeth Hall u Londonu, KD Vatroslav Lisinski i Hrvatskom glazbenom zavodu u Zagrebu, Palati Republike u Minsku, Steinway Chamber Hall u Kopenhagenu itd. Nastupao je na brojnim festivalima klavirske muzike u bjeloruskim gradovima Minsku, Brestu, Mogilevu i Grodnom; na festivalu Minsko proljeće – 1999, Minsko proljeće – 2003, Umjetnost – djeci i mladeži, na koncertima dobitnika prvih nagrada s Bjeloruskom državnom filharmonijom, kao i na vodećim festivalima u Hrvatskoj: Piano-Fortissimo u Zagrebu, Varaždinske barokne večeri, Osječko ljeto kulture, Senjske koncertne večeri, Dani Milka Kelemena, Dubrovačke ljetne igre, Majski muzički memorijal Josip Štolcer Slavenski, Osječka muzejska glazbena srijeda, Koncertni ciklus Eltz, Rombergorove glazbene večeri, Ljetnje večeri lunjskih maslinika i dr.
Premijerno je izveo nekoliko kompozicija hrvatskih kompozitora Davora Bobića, Josipa Štolcera Slavenskog i Sanje Drakulić, a kada je izveo Kelemenov Tango na festivalu Dani Milka Kelemena, sam kompozitor je bio toliko oduševljen i zadivljen, da je usred koncerta zamolio Krasnitskog da odmah ponovi izvođenje još jednom! Snimao je za radio. Gostovao je u TV emisijama u Bjelorusiji, Rusiji, Hrvatskoj i BiH. Član je EPTA Hrvatska i Hrvatskog društva glazbenih umjetnika.
„Dobroćudni div, on čak pomalo i liči na mladog Rahmanjinova …. Krasnitski ima zvuk čiste ljepote – bogat i mekan, kojeg postiže zadivljujuće odmjerenim sredstvima.“ (25. 4. 2002., U potrazi za novim zvijezdama, The Independent, London).
„… U izvođenju mladog bjeloruskog pijaniste čuo sam cijeli niz djela S. V. Rahmanjinova, uključujući njegovu Drugu sonatu, a upravo to izvođenje je bilo jedno od najboljih od svih koje sam ikada slušao.“ (5. 6. 2004., iz pisma, Dmitrij Baškirov, Minneapolis, SAD).
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Konstantin Krasnitsky is the absolute winner, laureate of the 1. Prize of the Competition Jury and of the Special prize awarded by the audience at the 1st International Pianist Competition EPTA (European Piano Teachers Association) Svetislav Stančić in Zagreb in 1999. At the 3rd International Pianist Competition S. V. Rachmaninov in Moscow in 2002 he won the Fourth Prize and the title of the laureate. He is the winner of the Special prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in 2002.
He was born in Minsk into the family of professional musicians, he received his first piano lessons from his mother Valentina Krasnitskaya, who was the pianist. At the age of five he enrolled in the Secondary music school for specially talented and gifted children in the class of the professor Yevgeny Puksta. After successful completion thereof he continued his education at the Belarusian State Academy of Music in the class of the renowned professor Vladimir Nekhaenko. Young Krasnitsky was greatly influenced by the acquaintance of the famous Russian pianist and professor of the Moscow, Trossingen and Warsaw Music Academies, Viktor Karpovič Meržanov with whom he continued his studies for seven years. Konstantin Krasnitsky received his Master’s degree from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in Minsk, where from 1999 he continued to work as a pedagogue.
Soon he attained the position of piano professor of honour at the Anyang Normal University in China, assistant professor of the Belarusian State Academy of Music and Full Professor of the The Academy of Arts and Culture Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek. The piano study at the Academy of Arts in Osijek has been founded thanks to his arrival to Osijek and a number of his students have been awarded at international music competitions and festivals.
Krasnitsky has been equally involved in pedagogical work and active concerting. He has been performing as a soloist, in an ensamble and orchestras in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, the United States of America, China, Tajikistan, Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey, Norway, Denmark, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and with leading orchestras in Belarus such as the President’s Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, Symphony Orchestra of the national academy Great Theatre and Balet of the Republic of Belarus, State academy simphony orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, State chamber orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, Symphony orchestra of the city of Gomel, Symphony orchestra of the city of Molodechno, Symphony orchestra of the Belarus State Music Academy The Young Belarus as well as with international orchestras such as the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Symphony orchestra of the Croatian Radio and Television, Croatian Chamber Orchestra, Varaždin Chamber Orchestra. He worked together with a number of renowned musicians such as Pavle Dešpalj, Vladimir Ziva, Berislav Šipuš, Yevgeny Xaviereff, Genadij Provatorov etc. He performed at the Berlin Konzerthaus and also at the Great, Rachmaninov and Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Queen Elisabeth Hall in London, Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinski and Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb, at the Palace of the Republic in Minsk, Steinway Chamber Hall in Copenhagen etc.
He also performed at numerous festivals of piano music in Belarusian cities e.g. Minsk, Brest, Mogilev and Grodno, at the festival the Minsk Spring of 1999, the Minsk Spring of 2003, Art to Children and Youth, at the concerts of the 1st prize winners with the Belarus State Philharmonic and leading festivals in Croatia e.g. Piano-Fortisssimo in Zagreb, the Varaždin Baroque Evenings, the Senj Concert Evenings, the Days of Milko Kelemen, the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, May Music Memorial Josip Štolcer Slavenski, the Osijek Museum Musical Wednesday, Romberg Musical Evenings and other.
He has played the premier of the compositions by Croatian composers Davor Bobić, Josip Štolcer Slavenski and Sanja Drakulić and when he performed Tango by Kelemen at the festival the Days of Milko Kelemen the composer himself was so delighted and thrilled with the performance that in the middle of the concert he asked Krasnitsky to play it once again! Krasnitsky has also done radio recordings. He has been a guest in TV shows in Belarus, Russia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a member of the Croatian Society of Music Artists.
„As the gentle giant he even looks a bit like the young Rachmaninov, Krasnitsky had the most sheerly beautiful sound – sumptuous and mellow – which he achieved with wonderful economy” ( 25th April 2002, In Searching of New Stars, The Independent, London)
“In the performance of the young Belarus pianist I have heard a number of pieces by S. V. Rachmaninov including his Second sonata and that was the most impressive performance of all performances that I have ever heard ( 5th June 2004, from a letter, Dmitry Bashkirov, Minneapolis, USA).