Pavel Gililov

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Pavel Gililov (2007)

Pavel Gililov (Russian: Павел Львович Гилилов; born 23 June 1950) is a Russian classical pianist who has held German citizenship since 2003.

Life[]

Born in Donezk, Gililov's musical talent was discovered by the Russian composer Dmitry Kabalevsky. He completed his studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with distinction. While still a student, he won the 1972 Moscow National Piano Competition and was eventually the 4th prize winner of the 1975 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He was also a laureate of the International Viotti Piano Competition in Vercelli in 1978.[1][2]

Gililov emigrated in 1978[1] from the former Soviet Union first to Austria and finally to Germany.[3]

He performs both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, is a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet and works with numerous well-known soloists such as Boris Pergamenschikow, Mischa Maisky and Viktor Tretiakov. He has appeared at prestigious music festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Salzburg Festival and the Edinburgh Music Festival.[1][4]

From 1982 until his retirement in 2013, Gililov was professor of piano at the Hochschule für Musik Köln.[5] He is also a visiting professor at the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg[1] and in 2005 founded the  [de], of which he is artistic director and jury president.[6] Since 2007 he has been a professor at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.[7]

He also gives numerous piano master classes in Japan, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, such as the Summer Classics in the Mayen/Koblenz district,[1] of which he was artistic director from 1997 to 2009, or the Summer Academy in Lausanne for violin sonatas with piano together with Pierre Amoyal.[8][9]

Private life[]

Gililov has married three times and has four sons from these marriages. His first wife was the musician Olga Martynova, his second wife the pianist , with whom he performed for over two decades and also produced sound and video recordings.[10]

Recordings[]

Students[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mozarteum - Personen". Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ Pavel Gililov on Radioswissclassic.ch
  3. ^ Pavel Gilinov on Bechstein.com
  4. ^ Pavel Gililov on Klangakademie-hamburg
  5. ^ Newsletter 22/2013 of the Musikhochschule Köln
  6. ^ Telekom. "Pavel Gililov" (in German). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Mozarteum - Personen". Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ Pavel Gililov on Bechstein.com
  9. ^ Pavel Gililov on Uni-mozarteum
  10. ^ Pavel Gililov on musikakademie

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