In 2002, he graduated from the Central Music School in Moscow, class of Leonid Lundstrem, and continued his studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, class of Prof. Sergey Kravchenko, also in Moscow. In the same year he attended master classes with Prof. Klaus Arp and Prof. Wolfgang Guttler and took First Prize at the Classical Heritage International Competition in Moscow. In 2005, he participated in the International Vaclav Huml Violinist Competition in Zagreb/Croatia.

Since 2006, Igor has studied at the Hochschule für Musik Rheinland-Pfalz, class of Prof. Anne Shih. He was awarded special scholarships to attend the Casalmaggiore International Festival near Cremona/Italy in 2006 and 2007. He was also chosen to play the first solo part in Arvo Pärt’s Tabula rasa with the Orchestra of the Hochschule f. Musik and invited later to work with the composer himself in this work which led to a performance in Switzerland at which the composer was in attendance. Igor Tsinman has also played under conductors such as Alexander Lazarev and Fuat Mansurov, and given recitals in Germany, Italy, England and Austria. In 2007, he was a semifinalist at the International “George Enescu” Violin Competition.