Eduard Kunz

Eduard Kunz
Eduard Kunz
Background information
Born	October 30, 1980 (age 31); Omsk, Russia, USSR
Genres	Classical
Occupations	Pianist
Instruments	Piano

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Eduard Kunz (Russian: Эдуард Кунц), born October 30 1980, Omsk, (Russia) - Russian pianist.

[edit] Biography

Named among 10 tomorrow's great pianists by the BBC Music Magazine, Eduard Kunz has performed and broadcast frequently with almost every major orchestra in the UK including BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Hallé and The Ulster Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and London Musici orchestras with conductors such as Tugan Sokhiev, Christian Mandeal, Edward Gardner, Gerard Schwarz, Lothar Koenigs, Garry Walker, Clark Rundell, Mark Stephenson, Alejandro Posada, Josep Caballe Domenech, Alexander Joel, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Barry Wordsworth and David Angus amongst others.

Other important debuts included Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie, The Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, Orkest van het Oosten, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse and Braunschweig Symphony orchestras as well as recitals at the Wigmore Hall in London, Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Louvre in Paris, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Winterthur hall in Barcelona, amongst many others. Recordings for classical radio stations include BBC Radio 3, Radio France and Deutschland Radio Kultur amongst many others.

Eduard is a winner of thirteen first prizes of International Piano Competitions including The Grand Prix of George Enescu Competition in Bucharest and Gold Medals of the New Orleans and Paderewski International Piano Competitions.

Other awards included Silver medal from The Worshipful Company of Musicians in London, awards from Hattori and Musical Foundation, Dame Myra Hess and Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe as well as Spivakov Foundation and “Richter” award from Rostropovich Foundation in Moscow.

Eduard was born in Siberia, studied with Michail Khokhlov at the Gnessin Special school for gifted children and with Andrei Diev at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and gained his Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction as well as the Gold Medal for performance from the Royal Northern College of Music studying with Norma Fisher and late Mark Ray.

Eduard is a Moscow Philharmonic Society Artist, Verbier Festival laureate, a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist (2006–2008) and a Yamaha Artist.

[edit] Awards and Competitions

*Record of Awards, incomplete*
Year	Award
1997	Spivakov Foundation Award
2002	Richter Award, Rostropovich Foundation
2004	Erik Chisholm Memorial Prize
2004	Royal Northern College of Music's Gold Medal
2004	Dame Myra Hess Award
2004	Worshipful Company of Musicians Silver Medal
2005	Yamaha Music Foundation Award
2005	Hattori Foundation Award
2006	MIFCO Award
2006	BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist
2007	Verbier Festival laureate
Year	Competition	Prize
2000	III Sabitov International Piano Competition	1st prize
2001	IV Horowitz International Piano Competition	3rd prize
2002	III Bitola International Music Competition	1st prize
2002	II Enschede International Piano Competition	1st prize
2002	Grand Konzerteum International Piano Competition	1st prize
2005	Dudley International piano Competition	1st prize
2005	Manchester Piano Award	1st prize
2007	XVIII George Enescu International Competition	1st Grand Prix
2007	XIII Città di Sulmona International Piano Competition	1st prize
2007	VIII Premi Principat d'Andorra	1st prize
2008	Pinerolo International Piano Competition	1st prize
2009	Van Cliburn International Piano Competition	Jury Discretionary Award
2009	San Nicola di Bari International Piano Competition	Winner
2009	XVII Frechilla Zuloaga Piano Award	1st prize
2010	22nd New Orleans International Piano Competition	1st prize
2010	8th Paderewski International Piano Competition	1st prize