Evgeny Konnov (born 19 November 1992 in

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) 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 in

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2018, first prize and public prize at the 31st

International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition The International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition, for tradition and amount of prize, is one of the oldest and most prestigious piano competitions in the world, taking place in Seregno, Italy since 1959 and held every 2 years. The Story The co ...

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2019, first prize at the 14th Unisa International Piano Competition in

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2020. In the season 2020/2021 he was an artist in residence at the Staatstheater Augsburg. His debut album was released by

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in 2022 with piano sonatas by the Catalan composer Antonio Soler and was highly acclaimed by the international press.

Music education

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 Academic Music College, fully Tchaikovsky Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory (russian: Академическое музыкальное училище при Московской государственной консер� ...

in Moscow, Russia with Natalia Syslova. From 2012 to 2013 he studied at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf,

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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 The University of Augsburg (german: Universität Augsburg) is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 8 Faculties. The University of Augsburg is a relatively you ...

and from 2017 to 2021 with Professor Albert Mamriev at the Music Academy "Neue Sterne" in

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. From 2019 to 2022 he studied with Professor Jan Gottlieb Jiracek von Arnim at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

. In 2022 he began studying historical keyboard instruments with Professor Christoph Hammer at the Leopold Mozart Centre of the

Career

Konnov has given concerts in numerous concert halls in Spain (

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Palau de la Música Catalana Palau de la Música Catalana (, en, Palace of Catalan Music) is a concert hall in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed in the Catalan '' modernista'' style by the architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, it was built between 1905 and 1908 for ...

Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall The Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall (''Palacio Euskalduna'' in Spanish, ''Euskalduna Jauregia'' in Basque) is located in the city of Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain), beside the Estuary of Bilbao, built in part of the area that was fo ...

, Auditorio Manuel de Falla,

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L'Auditori L'Auditori () is a modern building of 42,000 square metres designed by the architect Rafael Moneo, opened on 22 March 1999, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is in the centre of the new pole of urban development of Plaça de les Glòries, whic ...

), Germany (

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), South Africa (''Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg'', ''Playhaus in Durban''), Portugal (

Casa da Música The Casa da Música is a concert hall in Porto, Portugal. It was designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2005. Designed to mark the festive year of 2001 in which the city of Porto was designated European Capital of Culture, it was the ...

), France (''Salle Cortot in Paris''), Russia (''Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory''), Italy ( Teatro Dal Verme, Casa di Riposo per Musicisti), Austria (

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), Brussels (

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), Japan (''Act City Hamamatsu''), Netherlands, Poland, Malta, Uzbekistan and Morocco. He has performed as soloist with

Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid The Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid (unofficial English name, Madrid Symphony Orchestra), founded in 1903, is the oldest existing Spanish symphony orchestra in Spain not owned by an opera house or theater. Background and history In 1903, the orch ...

Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife The Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife (OST, "Tenerife Symphony Orchestra") is an orchestra in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra is considered one of the best symphon ...

, 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:

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, Radio Orpheus, RTBF, augsburg.tv,

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and others. He also takes part as a jury member at such competitions as Compositores de España International Piano Competition in

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, Clavis Bavaria and A. Scriabin International Piano Competition in

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Awards

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References

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