Consistently acclaimed for his exquisite tonal beauty and superb artistry, Slutsky has appeared on nearly every continent as a soloist and recitalist, collaborating with eminent conductors and major orchestras throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Israel, Latin America, and Asia. 

A prizewinner of numerous major international competitions, Slutsky has received first prizes in the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition, the San Antonio International Keyboard Competition, and the William Kapell International Piano Competition, where he also received the Audience Prize and the William Backhaus Award. He has additionally been recognized at competitions including the Busoni, Pozzoli, Gina Bachauer, and Glenn Gould/Bach competitions, establishing an international reputation as one of the leading pianists of his generation. 

As an avid chamber musician, Slutsky has maintained nearly three decades of collaboration with leading artists, including a critically acclaimed recording of Schumann’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano with Ilya Kaler on the Naxos label. His chamber and recital work has brought him to major venues worldwide, including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall’s Kaufmann Concert Hall, the Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo, the National Concert Hall in Taipei, the Performing Arts Center in Seoul, and the Teatro Colón in Bogotá, among many others. 

In addition to his international performance career, Slutsky has held major academic appointments, including long-standing faculty membership at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University and visiting faculty positions at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University and the Eastman School of Music. He has served on juries of numerous international piano competitions and given master classes throughout North and South America, Europe, Israel, and Asia, with his students winning prizes at many of the world’s leading competitions.  

Born in Moscow, Slutsky received his early training at the Gnessin School for Gifted Children, and later studied at The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music with Anna Kantor, Nadia Reisenberg, Nina Svetlanova, John Browning, and Joseph Seiger.