A native of Krasnodar, Russia, Genadi Zagor began his music studies at the age of four with his father, a foremost guitarist and composer. He continued his piano studies attending Moscow Central School for gifted children. He graduated from Krasnodar's Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music in 1989, and he studied on full scholarship at Moscow State Conservatory with Mikhail Mezhlumov, one of Russia's leading teachers. After graduation, he moved to Israel and became an assistant of Professor Alexander Tamir at Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music.

From 1993-1998, Mr. Zagor competed in such prestigious piano competitions as Gina Bachauer International Piano competition in Salt Lake City; Eighth Artur Rubinstein International Piano Competition, Israel; Leeds International Pianoforte competition, United Kingdom; Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Japan; and Francois Shapira Music Competition, Israel. In 1995 he became a recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship for outstanding artists. In 1997, as a cultural mission leader for the Jerusalem municipality, he performed in Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, and Czech Republic. He frequently appeared on the Israeli National Television and Radio.

Since his first debut on stage with an orchestra at the age of ten, Mr. Zagor has appeared with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Gotham City Orchestra, Northbrook Symphony Orchestra, and South Bend Symphony Orchestra, among others. Throughout his career, Mr. Zagor has performed on concert stages in Russia, Israel, Japan, England and America.

In 2000, he moved to the United States and joined Alexander Toradze's thriving piano program at Indiana University (South Bend), where he served on the faculty. Since his arrival in the United States, Mr. Zagor won the Fourth Prize at the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, the Fifth Prize at the San Antonio International Piano competition, and the First Prize at the Di Angelo Young Artists Competition in Pennsylvania. Recent solo performances were at Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival as a part of the "World Rising Stars" series and Toradze Piano Studio Rachmaninoff Marathon. Both events were broadcast live on National Public Radio.

Throughout his professional training, both in Russia and Israel, Mr. Zagor took Master Classes from Claude Franck, Murray Perahia, Evgeny Malinin, and Mikhail Pletnev. He is currently in his second year at UNI.