Yulianna Andreevna Avdeeva (russian: Юлиа́нна Андре́евна Авде́ева; born 3 July 1985) is a
Russian
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concert classical
pianist
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who has performed and recorded internationally.
Life and career
Avdeeva was born in Moscow. She started piano lessons at the age of five, studied at the
Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow, and graduated from the
Zurich University of the Arts
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. After her graduation, she became assistant to her teacher,
Konstantin Scherbakov. From 2008, Avdeeva studied at the
International Piano Academy Lake Como
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Administration
*President of Honor: Martha Argerich
*President and Artistic Director: William Grant Naboré
*Vice President: Stanislav Ioudenitch
Location and facility
The majestic ...
with
Dmitri Bashkirov
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. In 2010, Avdeeva won First Prize in the
XVI International Chopin Piano Competition
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. She is the fourth woman to have won this title, after
Halina Czerny-Stefańska
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Life
She studied piano under her father, Stanisław Szwarcenberg-Czerny, as well as with Alfred Cortot at the École Normale de ...
,
Bella Davidovich
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Biography
Davidovich was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, into a Jewish family of musicians and began studyi ...
(
ex aequo
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in
1949) and
Martha Argerich
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Early life and education
Argerich was born in Buenos Ai ...
(
1965
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).
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Avdeeva streamed weekly Bach podcasts to stay in touch with her audience.
On 5 July 2020, Avdeeva—together with
Dmitry Masleev
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Early life and education
Masleev was born on May 4, 1988, in Ulan-Ude, a Siberian city between Lake Baikal and the Mongolian border. He was educated at the Moscow Conservatory in the class ...
and
Daniil Trifonov
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—livestreamed the premieres of several juvenilia and other unpublished piano works by
Dmitri Shostakovich
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.
In the summer of 2021, she played several European festivals, following which she undertook a concert tour of Germany and Austria.
She has performed and toured with a wide variety of orchestras and toured with
Julia Fischer
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. She has also collaborated with cellist
Sol Gabetta
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Career
Gabetta began to learn violin at ...
.
Awards
![International Chopin Piano Competition 2010 (02)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/International_Chopin_Piano_Competition_2010_%2802%29.jpg)
* 2003 – 9th
European Piano Contest Bremen
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– 2nd prize.
* 2006 – 61st
Geneva International Music Competition
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(
Geneva
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) – 2nd prize.
* 2007 – 7th International
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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Piano Competition (
Bydgoszcz
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) – 2nd prize.
* 2010 –
XVI International Chopin Piano Competition
The XVI International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, XVI Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held in Warsaw, Poland from 3 to 20 October 2010, for the first time organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute. Prize winner ...
(
Warsaw
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) – 1st prize and best performance of a sonata
Discography
* 2012: Chopin:
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 &
2 with Orchestra of the 18th Century,
Frans Brüggen
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Biography
Born in Amsterdam, Brüggen was the last of the nine children of August Brüggen, a textile ...
(conductor) on 1849 Erard fortepiano
* 2014: Schubert: ''
Drei Klavierstücke'' (Three Piano Pieces), D. 946; Prokofiev:
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83; Chopin:
24 Préludes Op. 28 (Mirare 252, 2 CDs; distribution: Harmonia Mundi)
* 2016: Mozart:
Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 284; Chopin:
Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49; Liszt: ''
Après une lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi sonata; from Verdi's ''
Aida
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'': Danza sacra e duetto finale, S. 436 (Mirare, 1 CD; distribution: Harmonia Mundi)
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Russian classical pianists
Russian women pianists
International Chopin Piano Competition winners
Women classical pianists
Jewish classical pianists
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century women pianists