Yamaha Pianos in conversation with Eduard Kunz

Yamaha Artist and former Yamaha Scholar Eduard Kunz discusses starting out, the life of a young professional pianist, the positives and negatives of piano competitions, and why Yamaha pianos don't distract him.

Eduard is a Moscow Philharmonic Society Artist, Verbier Festival laureate, a former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and a Global Yamaha Artist. He was Born in Omsk, Siberia, and studied with Mikhail Khokhlov at the Gnessin Special School for Gifted Children and with Andrei Diev at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

Eduard has performed and broadcast frequently with many major European orchestras and his performances have been heard on major classical stations including BBC Radio 3, Radio France, Radio Rai, RNE, Deutschland Radio Kultur and Orpheus, as well as on the leading classical internet broadcaster, ParaClassics.

His stage partners include Sol Gabetta, Boris Andrianov, Vagram Sarajian, Andrey Baranov, Julian Rachlin and Alexandru Tomescu. Other collaborations include duets with Alexander Ghindin and Andrei Diev on piano, and with bayanist Yuri Medyanik.
Eduard has been re-invited by every venue at which he performed in 2011 and the upcoming season will include debuts with the Warsaw and Krakow Philharmonic Orchestras under Stanisław Skrowaczewski as well as performances with Lodz Philharmonic in Musicverein Vienna, Armenian Philharmonic, Bucharest Symphony Orchestra, both St Petersburg Orchestra of State Capella and St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestras, plus a tour of all Beethoven sonatas with Alex Tomescu, solo recitals in Atlanta and Virgina, USA, Yerevan’s Khachaturian Hall, Milan’s Sala Verdi, Oslo’s Aula, Tokyo’s Musashino Shimin Bunka Kaikan, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and the Dubai Concert Series.

His awards include thirteen first prizes in major contests, including Grand Prix of Enescu Competition in Bucharest, and Gold Medals at both New Orleans and Paderewski competitions.

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