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Evgeny Konnov
Background information
Born (1992-11-19) November 19, 1992 (age 31)
Chirchiq, Uzbekistan
GenresClassical
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 the Maria Canals International Music Competition[1] in Barcelona, Spain (2018). In the season 2020/2021 he is a Artist in residence at the Staatstheater Augsburg.[2]

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. Since 2013 he is been studying with Evgenia Rubinova at the Leopold Mozart Centre in Augsburg, Germany.[3] Also, since 2017, along with studying in Augsburg, he receives lessons from 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[4]), Spain (National Auditorium of Music,[5] Palau de la Música Catalana,[6] Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall[7]), France (Salle Cortot in Paris[8]), Russia (Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory), Italy (Teatro Dal Verme,[9] Casa di Riposo per Musicisti), Austria (Konzerthaus, Vienna,[10]), Netherlands, Poland, Malta, Uzbekistan, Japan, South Africa and Morocco. He has performed as soloist with such orchestras as the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa,[11] Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, Orquestra Internacional "Virtuosos de Madrid", Orchestra Filarmonica "Mihail Jora", Orchestra Sinfonica Citta di Grosseto, Orchestra "Antonio Vivaldi", Ryazan Symphony Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Augsburger Philharmoniker.

Awards

Year Competition Prize
2014 Germany Augsburg Siegfried Gschwilm Piano Competition[12] 1st prize
2016 Italy Milan 6th International Piano Competition Piano Talents 1st prize
2016 Morocco Rabat 12th International Piano Competition Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem (Excellence Category)[13] 1st prize
2016 Morocco Rabat 12th International Piano Competition Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem (Superior Category)[14] 1st prize
2017 Germany Berlin Mozart International Competition[15] 1st prize
2017 Germany Bad Tölz 1st International Piano Competition Clavis Bavaria 1st prize
2017 Malta Valletta Malta International Piano Festival and Competition[16] 1st prize
2017 Spain Las Rozas de Madrid 18th Compositores de España International Piano Competition[17] 1st prize
2017 Online 2nd Future Stars International Piano Competition 1st prize
2018 Catalonia Barcelona 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition[18][19] 1st prize
2018 Italy Cantu 28th International Piano Competition Città di Cantù[20] 1st prize
2018 Germany: Hannover 1st Hannover-Beethoven International Music Festival and Competition[21] Grand Prix
2019 Italy: Grosseto 21st International Piano Competition Alexander Scriabin[22] 1st prize
2019 Germany: Königs Wusterhausen 4th Young Piano Stars International Piano Competition[23] 1st prize
2019 Italy: Seregno 31st International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition[24] 1st prize
2019 Germany Augsburg 60th Augsburg City Art Award[25] Awarded
2020 South Africa: Pretoria 14th Unisa International Piano Competition[26] 1st prize
2020 Austria: Vienna 2nd Vienna International Music Competition[27] 1st prize

References

  1. ^ "Winners 64th Maria Canals – 2018". mariacanals.org/en.
  2. ^ "Konzerte 2020/21". staatstheater-augsburg.de.
  3. ^ Engelhardt, Manfred (April 16, 2018). "Pianist mit Strategie und Intuition". augsburger-allgemeine.de.
  4. ^ "Winners & Masters: Evgeny Konnov, piano & Mariana Camats, cello". gasteig.de.
  5. ^ "Concert in National Auditorium of Music". auditorionacional.mcu.es/en.
  6. ^ "Concert in Palau de la Música Catalana". palaumusica.cat/en.
  7. ^ "Tchaikovsky piano concerto in Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall". euskalduna.eus/en.
  8. ^ "Concert in Salle Cortot". offi.fr/concerts.
  9. ^ "Tchaikovsky piano concerto in Teatro Dal Verme". dalverme.org.
  10. ^ "Concert in Konzerthaus". konzerthaus.at.
  11. ^ "Concert by Evgeny Konnov, winner of the Maria Canals Competition, in Bilbao". fundacionjesusserra.org.
  12. ^ "Siegfried Gschwilm Wettbewerb". philso.uni-augsburg.de.
  13. ^ "International Piano Competition H.R.H. Princess Lalla Meryem – Competition 2016 – Results Excellence". concours-lalla-meryem.ma.
  14. ^ "International Piano Competition H.R.H. Princess Lalla Meryem – Competition 2016 – Results Superior". concours-lalla-meryem.ma.
  15. ^ "Preisträger von der dritten International Mozart Competition in Berlin". kammermusikfestival-hagen.de. September 9, 2017.
  16. ^ "Мальтийский международный фортепианный фестиваль и конкурс". maltavest.com.
  17. ^ "Laureates". cipce.org/en.
  18. ^ "Evgeny Konnov ganador de la 64ª Edición del Concurso Internacional Maria Canals" – via YouTube.
  19. ^ "Успех россиян на Конкурсе Марии Канальс в Барселоне". tvkultura.ru.
  20. ^ "Vincitori". cantupianocompetition.com.
  21. ^ "Music Academy Neue Sterne Hannover – Competition – Rules". mansh.de.
  22. ^ "Konnov vince il Premio internazionale pianistico "Scriabin" 2019". fondazionegrossetocultura.it.
  23. ^ "Young-Piano-Stars – Prizewinners". youngpianostars.org.
  24. ^ "Winners 31st Ettore Pozzoli Competition". concorsopozzoli.it.
  25. ^ "Kunstförderpreis der Stadt Augsburg". augsburg.de.
  26. ^ "Winners 14th Unisa International Piano Competition". unisa.ac.za.
  27. ^ "Winners 2nd Vienna International Music Competition". viennacompetition.com.
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