Alexei Zouev

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Alexei Zouev ( Russian Алексей Зуев / Alexei Sujew ; born April 28, 1982 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) is a Russian pianist .

Life

Zouev began his training at the age of seven in the pre-conservatory and a special college for gifted students at the St. Petersburg Conservatory . In 1999 he was the first of many subsequent awards to receive 2nd prize at the “International Prokofiev Competition”; a 1st prize was not awarded at the time. In 2002 he won the "Educational Award" at the "London International Piano Competition" and in 2004 he was the winner of the International Kissingen Piano Olympics . Finally, in autumn 2009, he won 2nd prize at the Concours Géza Anda international piano competition in Zurich .

Since 2000 Zouev was a student of Alexei Lyubimow at the Mozarteum in Salzburg . In 2001 he was a participant in the International Summer Academy Mozarteum Salzburg and in 2002 in the international Beethoven master class in Positano . In 2001 he received a scholarship from the Bösendorfer piano factory . In 2003 he received a scholarship from the "Herbert von Karajan Center" in Vienna .

In addition to his worldwide concert activities, he was a guest at several international festivals, including the "Elba Music Festival", the "Moscow Easter Festival", the St. Petersburg "Stars of White Nights", the Oleg Kagan Music Festival, the Kissinger Sommer , the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival and the Ruhr Piano Festival . Zuev performed with Sir George Solti's World Orchestra for Peace under Valery Gergiev . He played with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski .

In 2012 Zuev and Alexei Lubimow released a CD of Debussy's L'après-midi d'un faune, arranged by Ravel for two pianos. A CD with piano works by Edvard Grieg followed in 2017 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fryderyk Chopin - Information Center - Alexey Zuev -Biography (s) . Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Concert Review, Classical Source.com, 30 April 2016 (s) . Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ The Inquirer, February 17, 2014 (en) . Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. ^ No more impressionism. The time. 4th October 2012 . Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Charming sound journey on Claude Debussy, Deutschlandfunk, May 20, 2012 . Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  6. ^ BR Klassik (Bayerischer Rundfunk), April 11, 2017 . Retrieved August 14, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Zouev, Alexei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Зуев, Алексей (Russian spelling); Sujew, Alexei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian pianist
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad , Soviet Union