Zlata Yuryevna Chochieva (russian: Злата Юрьевна Чочиева; born 1 March 1985 in Moscow), is a Russian pianist of

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n origin.

Life and career

At the age of 4 she started piano lessons at the Children's Music School "Yakov Vladimirovich Flier" in the class of N. A. Dolenko. In 2000 she continued her education at the Central Music School of the

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

. There she studied in the class of

Kira Shashkina Kira Alexandrovna Shashkina (Russian: Кира Александровна Шашкина, ''Kira Aleksandrovna Shashkina'') is a Russian pianist and pedagogue. Many of her pupils became significant pianists and competition prizewinners, including ...

under the direction of

Mikhail Pletnev Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer. Life and career Pletnev was born into a musical fa ...

. In 2005, she became the youngest artist ever to receive the "Honored Artist of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania" award. In 2008, she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory with honors in the classes of

Pavel Nersessian Pavel Nersessian (Russian: ''Павел Тигранович Нерсесьян'', born 26 August 1964) is a Russian classical pianist. He is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and Professor of the Moscow Conservatory State Conservatory a ...

, Oleksandr Bondurianskyi, and N. A. Rubinstein (chamber ensemble), and completed her postgraduate studies in 2012. She was participating in master classes with pianists

Pavel Gililov Pavel Lvovich Gililov (russian: Павел Львович Гилилов; born 23 June 1950) is a Russian classical pianist who has held German citizenship since 2003. Life Born in Donezk, Gililov's musical talent was discovered by the Russi ...

Pascal Devoyon Pascal Devoyon (born 6 April 1953) is a French classical pianist. Biography Born in Paris, Devoyon began his studies with Blanche Bascourret de Gueraldi then with Lélia Gousseau at the Conservatoire de Paris where he won first prize in 1971. T ...

Dmitri Bashkirov Dmitri Aleksandrovich Bashkirov (russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Башки́ров; November 1, 1931 – March 7, 2021) was a Russian pianist and academic teacher. Trained in his hometown Tbilisi and Moscow, he began an in ...

Paul Badura-Skoda Paul Badura-Skoda (6 October 1927 – 25 September 2019) was an Austrian pianist. Career A student of Edwin Fischer, Badura-Skoda first rose to prominence by winning first prize in the Austrian Music Competition in 1947. In 1949, he perform ...

Abdel Rahman El Bacha Abdel Rahman El Bacha ( ar, عبد الرحمن الباشا, born October 23, 1958) is a Lebanese pianist and composer. His repertory includes over fifty concertos and is largely based on the works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, ...

Jerome Lowenthal Jerome Lowenthal (born February 11, 1932) is an American classical pianist. He has served as chair of the piano department at the Juilliard School in New York. Additionally, Lowenthal is on the faculty at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbar ...

, and

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. From 2012 to 2014 she studied at the Graduate School at the

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in Salzburg in the class of Professor

Jacques Rouvier Jacques Rouvier (born 18 January 1947 in Marseille) is a French pianist. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jean Hubeau, Vlado Perlemuter, Pierre Sancan and later on Jean Fassina. He won two Premiers Prix (first prizes): in piano performanc ...

, who appointed her as his assistant in 2013. She has been living in Berlin since October 2019.

Concert activities

Chochieva first performed in public at the age of 5. At the age of 8, she first appeared with the orchestra on the stage of the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with a Mozart concerto. Since then, she has given concerts in the

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(Munich),

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(Amsterdam),

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(Venice),

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(Copenhagen),

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(Porto),

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(Lisbon),

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(Florida), Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (Moscow), in the large hall of the Moscow Conservatory and in the

Saint Petersburg Philharmonia Saint Petersburg Philharmonia (), officially the Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonia Named After D. D. Shostakovich (), is a music society located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and is the name of the building where it is housed. Also there is ...

. She played with the

Russian National Orchestra The Russian National Orchestra (russian: Российский национальный оркестр) was founded in Moscow in 1990 by pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev. It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Va ...

, the

State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation The State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov" (Государственный академический симфонический оркестр России имени Е. Ф. Светланова) is a Russian orchestra based in Mo ...

, the

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, the

Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie The Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie ( en, Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia) is a Belgian chamber orchestra based in Mons. History The Orchestra was founded in 1958 by the violinist Lola Bobesco and its leadership was entrusted successivel ...

, the

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, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, as well as with the

Münchener Kammerorchester The Munich Chamber Orchestra (german: Münchener Kammerorchester, links=no, italic=no, or MKO) is a German chamber orchestra based in Munich. Its primary concert venue is the Prinzregententheater, Munich. The MKO also gives concerts in Munich at s ...

. She performed with conductors such as

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, Simon Gaudenz,

Tugan Sokhiev Tugan Taymurazovich Sokhiev ( os, Сохиты Таймуразы фырт Тугъан, Soxity Tajmurazy fyrt Tuhan; russian: Туга́н Таймура́зович Сохиев; born 21 October 1977, Vladikavkaz, Ossetia) is an Ossetian conduct ...

, Marek Pijarowski,

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and

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. Chochieva has been invited to important international music festivals such as the Miami International Piano Festival, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival (being the "Gilmore Rising Star" in the season 2017–2018), the festival «Progetto Martha Argerich» at Lugano, to the

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as well as to the Berliner Klavierfestival. In 2018 she established a new International piano Festival at the

Ivanovka estate Ivanovka (russian: Ивановка) is a village and country estate located in Uvarovsky District, Tambov region, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff in the period between 1890 and 1917 (until his e ...

jointly with the pianist Misha Dacic.

Discography

* 2012: Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations and Piano Sonata, Piano Classics * 2014: Chopin, Études Complete, Piano Classics * 2015: Rachmaninoff: Etudes-tableaux (complete), Piano Classics * 2021: (re)creations: Piano transcriptions by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Friedman, ACCENTUS Music * 2022: Chiaroscuro: Mozart & Scriabin, Naïve

Honours and awards

* 1993: 1st prize of the competition for the best performance of a concerto with an orchestra (Moscow) * 1994: 1st prize of the First All-Russian Competition named after M. I. Glinka (Moscow) * 1995: Grand Prix of the Yakov Flier Festival (Moscow) * 1996: 1st prize of the International Piano Competition in Naples (Italy) * 1996: Laureate and winner of a special prize for the best performance of Scriabin's works at the International Festival named after him (Moscow) * 1999: Gold Medal of the International Piano Competition in Copenhagen (Denmark) * 2005: 2nd prize (first prize not awarded) of the Szymanowski International Competition named after him (Łódź) * 2005: 1st prize at the Frechilla-Zuloaga International Competition in Spain (Valladolid) * 2006: 3rd prize at the Tivoli Piano Competition (Copenhagen) * 2006: Special Prize of the Mozart Society Munich at the

ARD International Music Competition The ARD International Music Competition (german: link=no, Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD) is the largest international classical music competition in Germany. It is organised by the Bayerischer Rundfunk and held once a year in Munich. Si ...

(Germany) * 2008: 1st prize at the International Competition for Contemporary Chamber Music in Krakow with the Messiaen Quartet (Krakow, Poland) * 2009: 1st prize of the International Chamber Music Competition "Cidade de Alcobaca" with the Messiaen Quartet (Portugal) * 2010: 1st prize of the International Piano Competition "Guido Alberto Fano" (Camposampiero) * 2010: silver medal, award for the best performance of Chopin's works and audience prize of the Santa Catarina International Piano Competition (Brazil, 2010) In 2019 and 2021 she is a member of the jury of the International Piano Competition in

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References

Literature

"Who's that girl?", Interview with Zlata Chochieva, ''Pianist Magazine'' Nr. 114, 2020

External links

Webseite of Zlata Chochieva

Interview with Zlata Chochieva
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