Stanislav Stanislavovich Bunin (; born 25 September 1966) is a Russian-born concert pianist.

Life

Bunin was born in

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

in 1966 into an established European musical family which included his grandfather Heinrich Neuhaus, his grandmother Zinaida (

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's second wife), and his father, Stanislav Neuhaus. In 1985, Bunin won first prize and the gold medal in the XI International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He spent much of the next decade in

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, teaching for six years at Senzoku Gakuen Music College in the city of Kawasaki; his wife is Japanese. He obtained German citizenship in 2012. Bunin recorded his interpretations of works by

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and, most notably, Chopin. Those include works he played for the soundtrack to the 2007 video game '' Eternal Sonata''. In 2023, Bunin returned to stage after a 10-year absence because of his love for music and upon his wife's encouragement. His decade-long absence was due to various illnesses and ailments.

References

1966 births Living people International Chopin Piano Competition winners Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners Russian classical pianists Male classical pianists Musicians from Moscow 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century Russian male musicians {{Russia-classical-pianist-stub