Evgeny Konnov

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Evgeny Konnov
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Background information
Born (1992-11-19) November 19, 1992 (age 29)
Chirchiq, Uzbekistan
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsPiano

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 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition[1] in Barcelona, 31st International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition[2] in Seregno and 14th Unisa International Piano Competition[3] in South Africa. In the season 2020/2021 he was a Artist in residence at the Staatstheater Augsburg.

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[4] 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[5]), Spain (National Auditorium of Music,[6] Palau de la Música Catalana,[7] Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall,[8] Auditorio Manuel de Falla,[9] Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, L'Auditori[10]), France (Salle Cortot in Paris[11]), Russia (Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory), Italy (Teatro Dal Verme,[12] Casa di Riposo per Musicisti), Austria (Konzerthaus, Vienna[13]), Brussels (Flagey Building), Japan (Act City Hamamatsu), Netherlands, Poland, Malta, Uzbekistan, South Africa and Morocco.

He has performed as soloist with Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, City of Granada Orchestra, Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Augsburger Philharmoniker, Orquestra Internacional "Virtuosos de Madrid", Orchestra Filarmonica "Mihail Jora", Orchestra Sinfonica Citta di Grosseto, Orchestra "Antonio Vivaldi", Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Ryazan Symphony Orchestra.

Awards[]

Year Competition Prize
2014 Germany Augsburg Siegfried Gschwilm Piano Competition[14] 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)[15] 1st prize
2016 Morocco Rabat 12th International Piano Competition Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem (Superior Category)[16] 1st prize
2017 Germany Berlin Mozart International Competition[17] 1st prize
2017 Germany Bad Tölz 1st International Piano Competition Clavis Bavaria 1st prize
2017 Malta Valletta Malta International Piano Festival and Competition[18] 1st prize
2017 Spain Las Rozas de Madrid 18th Compositores de España International Piano Competition[19] 1st prize
2017 Online 2nd Future Stars International Piano Competition 1st prize
2018 Spain Barcelona 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition[20][21] 1st prize
2018 Italy Cantu 28th International Piano Competition Città di Cantù[22] 1st prize
2018 Germany: Hannover 1st Hannover-Beethoven International Music Festival and Competition[23] Grand Prix
2019 Italy: Grosseto 21st International Piano Competition Alexander Scriabin[24] 1st prize
2019 Germany: Königs Wusterhausen 4th Young Piano Stars International Piano Competition[25] 1st prize
2019 Italy: Seregno 31st International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition[26] 1st prize
2019 Germany Augsburg 60th Augsburg City Art Award[27] Awarded
2020 South Africa: Pretoria 14th Unisa International Piano Competition[28] 1st prize
2020 Austria: Vienna 2nd Vienna International Music Competition[29] 1st prize
2020 Austria: Vienna Vienna New Year's Concert International Music Competition[30] 1st prize
2020 Poland: Warsaw 1st International Piano Competition Music Phenomena[31] 1st prize
2021 Online 6th Odin International Music Competition[32] 1st prize
2021 United States: New York City American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition 1st prize
2021 United States: Philadelphia 1st Russian Music Award Competition, Triumph Music Festival[33] 1st prize
2021 Russia: Moscow 1st International Music Competition Silk Way 1st prize
2021 United Kingdom: London International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso 1st prize
2021 Greece: Athens 5th International Music Competition Muse[34] 1st prize

References[]

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  2. ^ "Winners 31st Ettore Pozzoli Competition". concorsopozzoli.it.
  3. ^ "Winners 14th Unisa International Piano Competition". unisa.ac.za.
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  5. ^ "Winners & Masters: Evgeny Konnov, piano & Mariana Camats, cello". gasteig.de.
  6. ^ "Concert in National Auditorium of Music". auditorionacional.mcu.es/en.
  7. ^ "Concert in Palau de la Música Catalana". palaumusica.cat/en.
  8. ^ "Tchaikovsky piano concerto in Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall". euskalduna.eus/en.
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  17. ^ "Preisträger von der dritten International Mozart Competition in Berlin". kammermusikfestival-hagen.de. September 9, 2017.
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  27. ^ "Kunstförderpreis der Stadt Augsburg". augsburg.de.
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  29. ^ "Winners 2nd Vienna International Music Competition". viennacompetition.com.
  30. ^ "Winners 2nd Vienna New Year's Concert International Music Competition". facebook.com.
  31. ^ "Winners 1st International Piano Competition Music Phenomena". youtube.com.
  32. ^ "Winners 6th Odin International Music Competition" (PDF). eaaae.org.
  33. ^ "Winners 1st Russian Music Award Competition". triumphmusic.co.
  34. ^ "Winners 5th International Music Competition Muse". themuse.gr.
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