Konstantin Shamray (born 27 May 1985, Novosibirsk,

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) is a Russian pianist. Shamray was born in Novosibirsk and began musical-schooling at the age of six in the Kemerovo Music School with Natalia Knobloch. From 1996 he continued his studies in

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at the Gnessin Special School of Music , later at the Russian Gnessin Academy of Music with Tatiana Zelikman and Vladimir Tropp, and then at Musikhochschule Freiburg with

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. Konstantin came into the music scene in August 2008 as Winner of the

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. He captured people's attention as the first in the history of the competition to take out both First and Peoples’ Choice Prize along with six other special prizes. The young pianist has performed at such festivals as Ruhr Klavier Festival, the Bochum Festival and

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in Germany,

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in St. Petersburg, receiving critical acclaim. In October 2011 the pianist won the First prize at the piano competition ''Kissinger Klavierolymp'' and in 2013 the ''Luitpoldpreis'' (Luitpold Prize) of the festival

in Bad Kissingen, Germany.

References

External links

ABC Classic FM - Sydney International Piano Competition

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of Sergey Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto (finale) Russian classical pianists Male classical pianists 1985 births Living people Musicians from Novosibirsk Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century Russian male musicians {{Russia-classical-pianist-stub