Duo Shalamov

“ … The playing of this couple is simply phenomenal.”
                                 -Juan Krakenberger, Mundo Clásico
      The Piano Duo Shalamov, established in 2009, is an astonishing example of a special musical formation: two individual pianists, musicians and artists, performing in an extraordinary symbiosis; two personalities, with their individual ideas and emotions, unified in their making of music. Their collaboration has truly been very successful and has led them to great achievements, despite their young age.
     Winning the 1st prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in September 2015 surely is one of their most extraordinary recognitions. Alina and Nikolay not only received the highest evaluation from the jury, but were also awarded the audience prize, as well as the prize for the best performance of the obligatory composition by Ferran Cruixent, commissioned especially for the competition that year.