The eldest of the pianists was born in 1984 and the youngest are Alexander Malofeyev, who in May 2013 won the Astana Piano Passion competition in the under-fourteen age category, and Daniil Trifonov, who in March 2013 at the age of fourteen made his debut at the illustrious Carnegie Hall in New York.
The concert series opens with Alexander Lubyantsev – a pianist who created a veritable furore at the XIV Tchaikovsky International Competition; although he was not a finalist there he did receive the music critics’ special award. During the concert Lubyantsev will be presenting a work of his own, as the pianist is currently taking his first steps as a composer.
Philipp Kopachevsky, a soloist with the Moscow Philharmonic and a prize-winner at prestigious international competitions blessed with powerfully lyrical individuality, will present a programme of Romantic music featuring two of Chopin’s piano concerti.
Alexander Romanovsky will be appearing with the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev in a programme of popular works including Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto.