Yulianna Andreevna Avdeeva (Russian: Юлиа́нна Андре́евна Авде́ева; born July 3, 1985) is a Russian concert pianist.

Yulianna Avdeeva
Yulianna Avdeeva being awarded First Prize at the 2010 Chopin competition. Polish president Bronisław Komorowski stands on the left.
Background information
Born	(1985-07-03) July 3, 1985 (age 37) Moscow, Soviet Union
Genres	Classical
Instruments	Piano
Labels	Mirare, Deutsche Grammophon

Avdeeva was born in Moscow. She started piano lessons at the age of five, studied at the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow, and graduated from the Zurich University of the Arts. After her graduation, she became assistant to her teacher, Konstantin Scherbakov.[1] Since 2008 Avdeeva has studied at the International Piano Academy Lake Como with Dmitri Bashkirov.[2] In 2010, Avdeeva won First Prize in the XVI International Chopin Piano Competition. She is the fourth woman to have won this title, after Halina Czerny-Stefańska, Bella Davidovich (ex aequo in 1949) and Martha Argerich (1965).[3]

Career

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Avdeeva streamed weekly Bach podcasts to stay in touch with her audience,

In the summer of 2021, she played several European festivals, following which she undertook a concert tour of Germany and Austria.[4]

She has performed and toured with a wide variety of orchestras and toured with Julia Fischer and Gidon Kremer. She has also collaborated with cellist Sol Gabetta.

Awards

• 2003 – 9th European Piano Contest Bremen – 2nd prize.
• 2006 – 61st Geneva International Music Competition (Geneva) – 2nd prize.
• 2007 – 7th International Ignacy Jan Paderewski Piano Competition (Bydgoszcz) – 2nd prize.
• 2010 – XVI International Chopin Piano Competition (Warsaw) – 1st prize and best performance of a sonata

Discography

• 2012: Frederic Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 with Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen (conductor) on 1849 Erard fortepiano
• 2014: Franz Schubert: Drei Klavierstücke (Three Piano Pieces), D. 946; Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83; Frédéric Chopin: 24 Préludes Op. 28 (Mirare 252, 2 CDs; distribution: Harmonia Mundi)
• 2016: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano sonata No. 6 in D major, KV 284; Frédéric Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49; Franz Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante - Fantasia quasi sonata; Aida di Giuseppe Verdi - Danza sacra e duetto finale, S. 436 (Mirare, 1 CD; distribution: Harmonia Mundi)

References

External links

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