Platon Yakoniuk was born in 2008 into a family of musicians in Cologne (Germany), where he studies piano with Lolita Pogosyan.

Platon Yakoniuk won the first prizes at the  6. International Antonio Salieri Competition in Italy (2015), at the Youth Competition “Children Culture Days 2016” in Düsseldorf (Germany) and at the Youth Piano Competition “Jugend Musiziert 2017” in Cologne (Germany).

Platon Yakoniuk played in the concert of “Zakhar Bron Music School” in Congress House Zurich (2016) and with Flora Symphony Orchestra Cologne (2017).