Yury Favorin (Russian: Ю́рий Влади́мирович Фаво́рин; born December 17, 1986 in Moscow) is a Russian pianist.

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Yury Favorin Юрий Владимирович Фаворин
Background information
Born	(1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 35) Moscow, Soviet Union
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Pianist
Instruments	Piano

Life and career

Yury Favorin studied in Moscow at the Gnesins High School of Music. He took part at the Academy of the Festival Verbier (Switzerland, 2011), and the International Holland Music Sessions (TIHMS) (The Netherlands, 2011).

Prizes

• The 1st Nikolay Rubinstein Competition for Young Pianists (Moscow), 1st prize (Moscow, 2001)
• Gyorgy Cziffra Foundation, 1st prize (Wien, Austria, 2003)
• Andrey Petrov All-Russia Prize for Young Composers (“Crystal Tuning Fork”)

CDs

• Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium. Piano 2010. 3 CDs + Encore:

CD 1 — F. Liszt. Concerto n. 1 in E flat major

CD 2 — J.-L. Fafchamps. Back to the Sound

Encore — F. Schubert. Sonata in E flat major D 568

• Anthology of the Russian Piano Music. Vol. 1 (1917–1991)

CD 1: Nikolay Myaskovsky. Sonata no. 3, op. 19 (1920) ("Kapellmeister", studio-recording 2010)

• Nikolay Medtner: Complete Piano Sonatas. In 4 CDs

CD 4: Sonata e-moll "Night Wind", op. 25 no. 2 (Moscow State Conservatory, live 2009)

References

• Olivier Messiaen Competition
• Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
• Marc-André Hamelin. Two Etudes from the «Twelve Etudes in Minor Keys»
• Tichon Khrennikov. Concerto №2, 3rd mov. Gala Concert from International Yampolsky Violin Competition 2008 (violin & piano)
• Franz Schubert. Sonate in E♭ D 568 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (piano). Semi-Final (Recital May 10, 2010)
• Franz Liszt. Concerto no. 1 in Es Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (piano). Final (May 24, 2010)

External links

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• Official website

На других языках

[ru] Фаворин, Юрий Владимирович