Pavel Kolesnikov - XIV Tchaikovsky Competition, 2011 - Piano, Round I

Pavel Kolesnikov
Professional Training:
2007 - 2010
Moscow Conservatory (teachers: Sergei Dorensky, Pavel Nersessian, Andrei Pisarev, Nikolai Lugansky)
2004 - 2007
Music College of the Novosibirsk Conservatory (teacher: Mary Lebenzon)
1996 - 2004
Children’s Music School of the Music College of the Novosibirsk Conservatory (teachers: Olga Gvozdeva, Olga Pankova)
Competitions and Awards:
2010 International Piano Competition Delia Steinberg, Madrid, First Prize
2010 Scottish International Piano Competition, Glasgow, Third Prize
2006 Emil Gilels International Piano Competition, Odessa, First Prize
Pavel Kolesnikov was born in Novosibirsk in 1989 to a family of scientists and began studying both piano and violin at the age of six. He has been a Prizewinner at fifteen national and international competitions. In 2008, he made his recital debut in the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and has since played both as soloist and chamber musician throughout Russia and in Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Poland. He took part in the Castel Maggiore Music Festival in Italy in 2005 and 2006 and the Verbier Festival and Academy in Switzerland in 2007 and 2009.
Tchaikovsky The Seasons, Op. 37 bis: September: Hunting Song
Tchaikovsky Waltz-Scherzo, Op. 7
Haydn Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI/20
Liszt Transcendental Etudes, S.139: No. 10 in F minor; No. 11 in D-flat major, “Harmonies du Soir”; No. 12 in B-flat minor, “Chasse Neige”
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 10