Born in Siberia in 1992, Igor Khukhua started playing violin at the age of four.
In 2007, he was accepted into Murom Novosibirsk’s College of Music. From 2011-2016, he studied at the Moscow State Conservatory for his Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music with instruction by Professor Eduard Grach. In 2016, Khukhua was employed with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Artistic Director Yuri Temirkanov. He left thereafter to pursue additional music study in the United States at the International Center of Music of Park University to receive his Artist Diploma in Violin Performance under the instruction of professor Ben Sayevich. In 2019, he was granted the position as Assistant Professor in Violin Performance at Park University. During his education in the U.S., he worked with the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra and Since 2022, Igor has been working with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra.
Igor is the recipient of prestigious awards from around the globe. He was only eight when he won First Prize at the Russian String Competition in Barnaul, Russia. Most recently, in 2020, he won Third Prize at Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition in Florida. He earned First Prize at the Naftzger Artists Competition in Wichita, Kansas, in 2018 and was awarded Second Prize at the Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition in New York the year prior. He was a participant of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2015 and received Second Prize at the 2nd Russian National Music Competition in Moscow, Russia in 2014. In 2012, he won Grand Prix at the 4th International Violin Competition in Astana, Kazakhstan.