About this user
Sergey Kuznetsov was born in 1978 to a musicians family. From the age of six and until 1996, he had studied music in Moscow Special Gnessin School of Music, in Valentina Aristovas class.
From 1996 and until 2001, Sergey Kuznetsov had been a student in Moscow Conservatory at Prof. Mikhail Voskresenskys class, graduating from it with distinction.
Since 2001, Sergey has perfected his playing at postgraduate courses in Vienna University of Music at Oleg Maisenbergs class and, since 2003, also at Moscow Conservatory postgraduate courses at Mikhail Voskresenskys class.
In 1999, Sergey received the First Prize at the A.M.A. Calabria International Competition (Italy);
in 2000, he became a laureate of Alicia de Larrocha Competition in Andorra.
In 2003, Sergey Kuznetsov won the Second Prize at the 9th Concours Geza Anda in Zurich, playing in the final round the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 accompanied by the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under Theodor Guschlbauer. This performance brought him also the Audience Prize and an engagement to perform at Lucerne International Festival.
In summer 2005, Sergey was awarded the Second Prize at the renowned Cleveland International Piano Competition after performing in the final round with the famous Cleveland Orchestra in the Severance Hall in Cleveland.
In November 2006, Sergey Kuznetsov won the Second Prize at Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan.
Sergey Kuznetsov has gained success performing in Russia, Spain, Great Britain, Brazil, France, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Turkey, Czech Republic, USA (including Zankel (Carnegie) Hall), Japan, Cyprus and in the Netherlands. He works with such collectives as the Shostakovich String Quartet, Ysaÿe String Quartet, Cavani String Quartet, Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Winterthur Orchestra, Moscow Philarmonic, Ural Symphony, Berlin and Munich Symphony Orchestras and such conductors as Janos Fürst, Maxim Vengerov, Misha Damev, Nikolay Alexeev, Dmitry Liss, Theodor Guschlbauer, Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach, Jahja Ling, Georg Schmöhe and Walter Weller. The pianist cooperates with prominent artistic agencies such as KD Schmid Hanover, Gosconcert, Pro Arte Frankfurt and participates in numerous International Music Festivals such as those in Kyoto and Yokohama (Japan), Cyprus, Merano (Italy), Zürich and Lucerne Festivals, Ernen Musikfestspiele, Bodensee Festival, Irina Arkhipova Festival, Musical Olympus (Russia) and Lockenhaus Festival (Austria).
Sergeys Prize at Geza Anda Competition has already brought him invitations to perform in Germany, Switzerland, France, Austria, Brazil, Portugal, Serbia and Czech Republic.
His performances have been broadcast on German-language Swiss Radio (DRS2), French-language Swiss Radio (RSR Espace 2), Radio France, Czech Music Radio, WCLV, WQXR (USA) and Orpheus Radio Russia, Serbian Radio and TV and MEZZO TV.
Sergey's recordings include two CDs under Classical Records label with works by Brahms, Liszt, Schumann and Scriabin.
Since 2006, Sergey Kuznetsov teaches at the Moscow Conservatory.
セルゲイ・クズネツォフ
1978年7月18日生。ロシア,モスクワ出身。モスクワ音楽院卒。V. アリストヴァ,M. ボスクレセンスキー,O. マイセンバーグに師事。1999年イタリアのA.M.A.カラブリア国際コンクール優勝、2000年アンドラのアリシア・デ・ラローチャコンクール入賞。 2003年第9回ゲーザ・アンダ国際ピアノコンクール第2位、 2005年クリーブランド国際ピアノコンクール第2位、 2006年11月には日本の浜松国際ピアノコンクール第2位の栄冠に輝いた。これまでに各国のさまざまな音楽祭に出演し、数々の楽団と共演。その演奏は各国のラジオやテレビでも放送された。2002年にはブラームス、リスト、スクリャービンの作品を収録したCDを、 2006年には新たにシューマンとブラームスの作品を収めたCDを発売。2006年よりモスクワ音楽院のアシスタントを務めている。