Pavel Zarukin earned his DMA in Musical Arts in 1985 from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, where he was also a professor from 1986 to 1991. During his studies, he was awarded second prize in the Viotti International Piano Competition in Vercelli, Italy. After immigrating to the United States, he taught piano at the Musical Arts Academy of Bucks County, as well as general and choral music at various New Jersey public schools. Currently, Pavel teaches at Christ the King Regional School in Haddonfield, New Jersey, and he is the music director at Beth David Reform Congregation in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. He is also a staff accompanist at the American Repertory Ballet/Princeton Ballet School in Princeton, New Jersey, where he regularly appears in the ARB/PBS stage productions as the featured pianist.
