Artist description Pianist

Music Style Classical

Artist History How rare it is to find, especially in one so young, an artist where virtuosity and poetry combine effortlessly. At 20, the Russian pianist Dmitri Demiashkin has won the enthusiastic praise of both the public and his peers for just that: his elegant musicianship, incomparable technique and lyrical sensibility. Critics have likened him to Gilels for the delicate subtlety of his phrasing and crystalline tone, while also noting the remarkable maturity of his interpretive powers A veteran of more than a half dozen international competitions, he was only 10 years old when he claimed victory at the International Piano Music Competition in Czechoslovakia, following this only a few years later with the first prize at the prestigious Concertino Prague Competition. A year later he became one of only a half dozen finalists, out of 50 competitors from 12 countries, selected to compete in the final round at the prestigious international competition at Jaen, Spain. In Italy, he won first prize in both the Virtuosi per Musika di Pianoforte and he Bravo-Bravissimo competitions. . Since 1997, when he was awarded a generous grant from the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation, Mr. Demiashkin has performed in recital in music festivals throughout Europe, including concerts in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden Holland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania, Spain and Ukraine. He has performed, too, with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, the Russian Youth Orchestra, the Belarus State Symphony, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, and the Prague Symphony. Mr Demiashkin is a graduate of the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory. Soon after he took first prize in the International Competition Recontres Musicales de la Venoge in Lausanne, and with the support of the Swiss government, he moved to Zurich to pursue his studies with Konstantin Scherbakov at the Hochschule fur Musik. He is also the recipient of a generous grant, underwritten by the Bank Vontobel, from the Stiftung Lyra in Zurich, which continue to support his studies and career. In May 2002, Mr. Demiashkin made his first trip to the United States, where he won the Gold Medal at the prestigious Third International Russian Music Competition in San Jose, California. He will make his North American debut in December 2002 with the Nova Vista Symphony in San Jose under the baton of Navrash Mehta. Mr. Demiashkin recording debut for the Americus Records label, in 2002, will feature works of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Scriabin . For more information, contact Identity Marketing for Concert Artists, Inc. imca@tampabay.rr.com

Albums To be announced

Location Zurich, Zurich - Switzerland

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