Rem Urasin (born 10 May 1976, in Kazan) is a Russian pianist. Rem Urasin began studying piano at the age of five under guidance from Marina Soukharenko at Special Music School, Kazan Conservatory. By the age of eight, Urasin was already performing with the Tatar Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and when he turned 13, played works by renowned Polish composer,

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. From 1994 to 1999 he was trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Naumov. In 1995, Urasin was awarded 4th prize at the XIII International Chopin Piano Competition. He subsequently won the 2001 Monte-Carlo Music Masters competitionMonte-Carlo Music Masters competition
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, and Vienna and Krakow Chamber Orchestras. He also collaborated with many musicians, among which were:

Veronika Dudarova Veronika Borisovna Dudarova (; os, Дудараты Барисы чызг Вероникæ; January 15, 2009) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, the first woman to succeed as conductor of symphony orchestras in the 20th century. She became a cond ...

Kazimierz Kord Kazimierz Kord (18 November 1930 – 29 April 2021) was a Polish conductor. Between 1949 and 1955, he studied piano at the Leningrad Conservatory. He also studied at the Academy of Music in Kraków. He held major conducting positions with the ...

, Mischa Maisky, Fuat Mansurov, Mikhail Pletnev, Julian Rachlin, Alexander Rudin, Vladimir Spivakov, and Antony Wit. In 2009 and 2010, Urasin prepared the vast Chopin cycle 'The Complete Works in Eleven Concerts', to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth. He has performed every composition Chopin wrote.

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1976 births Living people Russian classical pianists Moscow Conservatory alumni Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition Sydney International Piano Competition prize-winners Van Cliburn International Piano Competition {{Russia-classical-pianist-stub