Evgeny Konnov
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Born | Chirchiq, Uzbekistan | November 19, 1992
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Piano |
Evgeny Konnov (Russian: Евгений Вадимович Коннов; born November 19, 1992 in Chirchiq, Uzbekistan) is a Russian pianist. He is the winner of many competitions, the most important of them (members of World Federation of International Music Competitions): 2017 first prize at the 18th Compositores de España International Piano Competition[1] in Las Rozas de Madrid, 2018 first prize and public prize at the 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition[2] in Barcelona, 2019 first prize and public prize at the 31st International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition[3] in Seregno, 2020 first prize at the 14th Unisa International Piano Competition[4] in South Africa. In the season 2020/2021 he was an artist in residence at the Staatstheater Augsburg. His debut album was released by Naxos in 2022 with piano sonatas by the Catalan composer Antonio Soler and was highly acclaimed by the international press.[5]
Music education
Evgeny Konnov began to study piano at the age of four with Natalia Krivosheina, and in 1999 he entered in the Gnesin Music School in Moscow, Russia under Tatiana Sarkisians supervision. From 2008 to 2012 he studied at the Academic Music College in Moscow, Russia with Natalia Syslova. From 2012 to 2013 he studied at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Germany under Professor Georg Friedrich Schenck supervision. From 2013 to 2021 he studied with Evgenia Rubinova at the Leopold Mozart Centre in Augsburg, Germany[6] and from 2017 to 2021 with Professor Albert Mamriev at the Music Academy "Neue Sterne" in Hannover, Germany.
In 2019 he began studying with Professor Jan Gottlieb Jiracek von Arnim at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Career
Konnov has given concerts in numerous concert halls in Germany (Gasteig[7]), Spain (National Auditorium of Music,[8] Palau de la Música Catalana,[9] Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall,[10] Auditorio Manuel de Falla,[11] Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, L'Auditori[12]), Portugal (Casa da Música), (France Salle Cortot in Paris[13]), Russia (Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory), Italy (Teatro Dal Verme,[14] Casa di Riposo per Musicisti), Austria (Konzerthaus, Vienna[15]), Brussels (Flagey Building), Japan (Act City Hamamatsu), Netherlands, Poland, Malta, Uzbekistan, South Africa and Morocco.
He has performed as soloist with Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, City of Granada Orchestra, Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Augsburger Philharmoniker, Orquestra Internacional Virtuosos de Madrid, Orchestra Filarmonica Mihail Jora di Bacau, Orchestra Sinfonica Citta di Grosseto, Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Ryazan Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra Wernigerode, Vienna City Orchestra, Orquestra Filarmonica Portuguesa.
Many of his recordings and interviews were broadcast by radio and television broadcasters: BBC Radio,[16] Radio Orpheus, RTBF, augsburg.tv, TGR, Russia-K and others.
He also takes part as a jury member at such competitions as Compositores de España International Piano Competition[17] in Las Rozas de Madrid , Clavis Bavaria and A. Scriabin International Piano Competition in Grosseto.
Awards
Year | Competition | Prize |
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2014 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2016 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2016 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2016 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2017 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2017 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2017 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2017 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2017 | Online 2nd Future Stars International Piano Competition | 1st prize |
2018 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2018 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2018 | ![]() |
Grand Prix |
2019 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2019 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2019 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2019 | ![]() |
Awarded |
2020 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2020 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2020 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2020 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2021 | Online 6th Odin International Music Competition[36] | 1st prize |
2021 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2021 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2021 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2021 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2021 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2021 | ![]() |
1st prize |
2022 | ![]() |
1st prize |
References
- ^ "El ruso Evgeny Konnov gana el Concurso Internacional de Piano Compositores de España". lasrozas.es.
- ^ "Winners 64th Maria Canals – 2018". mariacanals.org/en. Archived from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- ^ "Winners 31st Ettore Pozzoli Competition". concorsopozzoli.it.
- ^ "Winners 14th Unisa International Piano Competition". unisa.ac.za.
- ^ "Konnov/Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 93-95". naxos.com.
- ^ Engelhardt, Manfred (April 16, 2018). "Pianist mit Strategie und Intuition". augsburger-allgemeine.de.
- ^ "Winners & Masters: Evgeny Konnov, piano & Mariana Camats, cello". gasteig.de.
- ^ "Concert in National Auditorium of Music". auditorionacional.mcu.es/en.
- ^ "Concert in Palau de la Música Catalana". palaumusica.cat/en. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
- ^ "Tchaikovsky piano concerto in Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall". euskalduna.eus/en.
- ^ "Review of the concert in Granada by Scherzo magazine". scherzo.es.
- ^ "Concert in L'Auditori". auditori.cat/en.
- ^ "Concert in Salle Cortot". offi.fr/concerts.
- ^ "Tchaikovsky piano concerto in Teatro Dal Verme". dalverme.org.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Concert in Konzerthaus". konzerthaus.at.
- ^ "Prize winning young pianist Evgeny Konnov in a recital from Girona". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Preselection Jury 22º Concurso Internacional de Piano Compositores de España - 2022". cipce.org.
- ^ "Siegfried Gschwilm Wettbewerb". philso.uni-augsburg.de.
- ^ "International Piano Competition H.R.H. Princess Lalla Meryem – Competition 2016 – Results Excellence". concours-lalla-meryem.ma.
- ^ "International Piano Competition H.R.H. Princess Lalla Meryem – Competition 2016 – Results Superior". concours-lalla-meryem.ma.
- ^ "Preisträger von der dritten International Mozart Competition in Berlin". kammermusikfestival-hagen.de. September 9, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Мальтийский международный фортепианный фестиваль и конкурс". maltavest.com.
- ^ "Laureates". cipce.org/en.
- ^ "Evgeny Konnov ganador de la 64ª Edición del Concurso Internacional Maria Canals" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Успех россиян на Конкурсе Марии Канальс в Барселоне". tvkultura.ru.
- ^ "Vincitori". cantupianocompetition.com.
- ^ "Music Academy Neue Sterne Hannover – Competition – Rules". mansh.de.
- ^ "Konnov vince il Premio internazionale pianistico "Scriabin" 2019". fondazionegrossetocultura.it.
- ^ "Young-Piano-Stars – Prizewinners". youngpianostars.org.
- ^ "Winners 31st Ettore Pozzoli Competition". concorsopozzoli.it.
- ^ "Kunstförderpreis der Stadt Augsburg". augsburg.de.
- ^ "Winners 14th Unisa International Piano Competition". unisa.ac.za.
- ^ "Winners 2nd Vienna International Music Competition". viennacompetition.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ "Winners 2nd Vienna New Year's Concert International Music Competition". facebook.com.
- ^ "Winners 1st International Piano Competition Music Phenomena". youtube.com.
- ^ "Winners 6th Odin International Music Competition" (PDF). eaaae.org.
- ^ "Winners 1st Russian Music Award Competition". triumphmusic.co.
- ^ "Winners 5th International Music Competition Muse". themuse.gr.
- ^ "Winners 7th International Music Competition Neue Sterne" (PDF). wernigerode.de.
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