From www.EliKarpinsky.com:
Born in June 1996, Eli Karpinsky started learning the piano at the age of five and immediately demonstrated exceptional musical talent.
In less than six years of studying, Eli successfully passed the Royal Conservatory of Music's Grade 10 examinations and was accepted to the International Academy of Music in Italy, where he is attending master-class sessions with Prof. Oxana Yablonskaya and Massimiliano Mainolfi.
Eli lives in Toronto and takes regular piano lessons from Alexander Sokol - a well-known Russian pianist, an All-Russia Piano Competition laureate who studied with the renowned piano professors I.I.Naumova and L.N.Naumov in Moscow.
Eli enjoys playing classical and contemporary music. His favorite composers are Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann.