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Yulianna Avdeeva

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Yulianna Avdeeva
Юлиа́нна Андре́евна Авде́ева
Avdeeva playing for the Polish president in 2010
Born (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985 (age 39)
Education
OccupationClassical pianist
AwardsXVI International Chopin Piano Competition
Websitewww.avdeevapiano.com

Yulianna Andreevna Avdeeva (Russian: Юлиа́нна Андре́евна Авде́ева; born 3 July 1985) is a Russian concert classical pianist who has performed and recorded internationally.

Life and career

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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. From 2008, Avdeeva studied at the International Piano Academy Lake Como with Dmitri Bashkirov.[1] 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).[2]

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

On 5 July 2020, Avdeeva—together with Dmitry Masleev and Daniil Trifonov—livestreamed the premieres of several juvenilia and other unpublished piano works by Dmitri Shostakovich.[3]

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

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

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Avdeeva (r.) being awarded First Prize at the 2010 Chopin competition by Polish president Bronisław Komorowski

Discography

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References

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  1. ^ "Fryderyk Chopin – Information Centre – Yulianna Avdeeva – Biography".
  2. ^ "Results of the competition".
  3. ^ Ginnell, Richard S. (13 July 2020). "Premieres of Early Shostakovich Solo Piano Works Stream Around the World". San Francisco Classical Voice. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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