Elmar Gasanov (born 1983 in

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) is a

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pianist trained at the Moscow Conservatory representing

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at international competitions. He later undertook postgraduate studies at London's

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, as a student of Professor Vanessa Latarche. Gasanov graduated with the Master of Music degree with Distinction. Gasanoz has given solo and concerto performances outside his native Russia, including appearances in Hungary (Budapest Spring Festival), Germany (Baden-Baden Summer Festival), France (Colmar Festival), Holland, Austria, the UK (Campden Music Festival), in Turkey, Brazil, USA, Slovakia, Sloveniya, Ukraine, as well as Switzerland (Zurich Tonhalle, Paul Klee Centre Berne, Crans-Montana.) Gasanoz regularly works with renowned orchestras and conductors, including the Musikkollegium Winterthur under Theodor Guschlbauer, Tonhalle Orchester Zurich under David Zinman, Concerto Budapest under Andras Keller, the INSO Orchestra Lviv under Georg Kugi and others, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy. In 2012,

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released his recording of Liszt's Sonata B minor within project Digital Debut.

Competition record

* 2000 - Vladimir Krainev IPC,

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: 1st prize
Budapest Spring Festival * 2010 - Isang Yun Competition, ISANGYUN Competition,

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: 3rd prize * 2011 - Hong Kong Piano Competition: 5th prize * 2011 - Geza Anda Piano Competition, Zurich: 3rd prize and the Schumann prize

References

Ukrainian classical pianists Male classical pianists Russian classical pianists 1983 births Living people 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century Russian male musicians {{Ukraine-classical-pianist-stub