Evgeny Konnov | |
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Background information | |
Born | Chirchiq, Uzbekistan | November 19, 1992
Genres | Classical |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Piano |
Evgeny Konnov (born 19 November 1992 in Chirchiq, Uzbekistan) is a Russian pianist. He is the winner of first prizes in more than 30 international competitions, including first prize and public prize at the 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition [1] in Barcelona 2018, first prize and public prize at the 31st International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition [2] in Seregno 2019, first prize at the 14th Unisa International Piano Competition [3] in South Africa 2020. In the season 2020/2021 he was an artist in residence at the Staatstheater Augsburg. His debut album was released by Naxos in 2022 with piano sonatas by the Catalan composer Antonio Soler and was highly acclaimed by the international press. [4]
Evgeny Konnov began to study piano at the age of four with Natalia Krivosheina, and in 1999 he entered in the Gnesin Music School in Moscow, Russia under Tatiana Sarkisians supervision. From 2008 to 2012 he studied at the Academic Music College in Moscow, Russia with Natalia Syslova. From 2012 to 2013 he studied at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany under Professor Georg Friedrich Schenck supervision. From 2013 to 2021 he studied with Evgenia Rubinova at the Leopold Mozart Centre of the University of Augsburg [5] and from 2017 to 2021 with Professor Albert Mamriev at the Music Academy "Neue Sterne" in Hannover, Germany. From 2019 to 2022 he studied with Professor Jan Gottlieb Jiracek von Arnim at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
In 2022 he began studying historical keyboard instruments with Professor Christoph Hammer at the Leopold Mozart Centre of the University of Augsburg.
Konnov has given concerts in numerous concert halls in Spain (National Auditorium of Music, [6] Palau de la Música Catalana, [7] Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall, [8] Auditorio Manuel de Falla, [9] Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, L'Auditori [10] ), Germany (Gasteig [11] ), South Africa (Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg, [12] Playhaus in Durban), Portugal (Casa da Música), France (Salle Cortot in Paris [13] ), Russia (Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory), Italy (Teatro Dal Verme, [14] Casa di Riposo per Musicisti), Austria (Konzerthaus, Vienna [15] ), Brussels (Flagey Building), Japan (Act City Hamamatsu), Netherlands, Poland, Malta, Uzbekistan and Morocco.
He has performed as soloist with Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, City of Granada Orchestra, Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Augsburger Philharmoniker, Orquestra Internacional Virtuosos de Madrid, Orchestra Filarmonica Mihail Jora di Bacau, Orchestra Sinfonica Citta di Grosseto, Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Ryazan Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra Wernigerode, Vienna City Orchestra, Orquestra Filarmonica Portuguesa.
Many of his recordings and interviews were broadcast by radio and television broadcasters: BBC Radio, [16] Radio Orpheus, RTBF, augsburg.tv, TGR, Russia-K and others.
He also takes part as a jury member at such competitions as Compositores de España International Piano Competition [17] in Las Rozas de Madrid , Clavis Bavaria and A. Scriabin International Piano Competition in Grosseto.
(Selection)
Year | Competition | Prize |
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2016 | Rabat International Piano Competition Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem | 1st prize |
2017 | Valletta Malta International Piano Festival and Competition [18] | 1st prize |
2017 | Las Rozas de Madrid 18th Compositores de España International Piano Competition [19] | 1st prize |
2018 | Barcelona 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition [20] [21] | 1st prize |
2018 | Cantu 28th International Piano Competition Città di Cantù [22] | 1st prize |
2019 | : Grosseto 21st International Piano Competition Alexander Scriabin [23] | 1st prize |
2019 | : Seregno 31st International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition [24] | 1st prize |
2020 | : Vienna 2nd Vienna International Music Competition [25] | 1st prize |
2020 | : Pretoria 14th Unisa International Piano Competition [26] | 1st prize |
2022 | Wernigerode 7th International Music Competition Neue Sterne [27] | 1st prize |
2023 | Sanremo 4th International Russian Piano Music Piano Competition [28] | 1st prize |
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