Evgeny Konnov

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.

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

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
YearCompetitionPrize
2014 Augsburg Siegfried Gschwilm Piano Competition[14]1st prize
2016 Milan 6th International Piano Competition Piano Talents1st prize
2016 Rabat 12th International Piano Competition Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem (Excellence Category)[15]1st prize
2016 Rabat 12th International Piano Competition Her Royal Highness Princess Lalla Meryem (Superior Category)[16]1st prize
2017 Berlin Mozart International Competition[17]1st prize
2017 Bad Tölz 1st International Piano Competition Clavis Bavaria1st prize
2017 Valletta Malta International Piano Festival and Competition[18]1st prize
2017 Las Rozas de Madrid 18th Compositores de España International Piano Competition[19]1st prize
2017 Online 2nd Future Stars International Piano Competition1st prize
2018 Barcelona 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition[20][21]1st prize
2018 Cantu 28th International Piano Competition Città di Cantù[22]1st prize
2018 : Hannover 1st Hannover-Beethoven International Music Festival and Competition[23]Grand Prix
2019 : Grosseto 21st International Piano Competition Alexander Scriabin[24]1st prize
2019 : Königs Wusterhausen 4th Young Piano Stars International Piano Competition[25]1st prize
2019 : Seregno 31st International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition[26]1st prize
2019 Augsburg 60th Augsburg City Art Award[27]Awarded
2020 : Pretoria 14th Unisa International Piano Competition[28]1st prize
2020 : Vienna 2nd Vienna International Music Competition[29]1st prize
2020 : Vienna Vienna New Year's Concert International Music Competition[30]1st prize
2020 : Warsaw 1st International Piano Competition Music Phenomena[31]1st prize
2021 Online 6th Odin International Music Competition[32]1st prize
2021 : New York City American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition1st prize
2021 : Philadelphia 1st Russian Music Award Competition, Triumph Music Festival[33]1st prize
2021 : Moscow 1st International Music Competition Silk Way1st prize
2021 : London International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso1st prize
2021 : Athens 5th International Music Competition Muse[34]1st prize

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