In 1995 Denis took part in musical festivals in Kuhmo (Finland) and in Davos, and as a result of his participation in these festivals he was invited to go on tour in Japan. In 1996 he performed music for two pianos with Konstantin Lifschitz at the Royal Academy of Music in London. The same year he was invited to give a recital in the Verdi Hall at the Milan Conservatoire.

In October of 1997 Denis went on tour to Switzerland with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Fedosseyev. In 1998 he won first prize at the M. Rostropovich New Foundation Scholarship (H. Neuhaus Scholarship) and in July 1999 was reinvited to play with the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Pascu-Radulescu.

Denis Burstein has been appointed officially as a professor of the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music, the youngest professor in the history of the Academy. His appearance at the Third Anual Miami International Piano Festival of Discovery was his official U.S. debut. Mr. Burstein will appear again this year on February 5, 2001.

His repertoire includes works by Bach, Beethoven Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Medtner, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and his own works.

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