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 Eduard Kunz (piano) Nationality: Russian “Kunz was sensational. His technique and delivery were out of this world.” The Herald “Weltklasse: Pianist Eduard Kunz war der Magier an den Tasten” Wolfsburger Allgemeine Eduard has performed and broadcasted frequently with almost every major orchestra in the UK including BBC Symphony and BBC Concert Orchestras, BBC Scottish and Royal Scottish National Orchestras and The Ulster Orchestras, City of Birmingham and Welsh National orchestras, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and The Philharmonia orchestras with conductors such as Christian Mandeal, Tugan Sokhiev, Edward Gardner, Gerrard Schwarz, Lothar Koenigs, Clark Rundell, Mark Stephenson, Josep Caballe Domenech, Alexander Joel, Barry Wordsworth and David Angus. Other important debuts included Deutsche-Simphonie Orchester at the Berlin Philharmonie, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, The Nederland and Braunschweig Symphony orchestras and recitals at the Wigmore Hall in London, BBC Studious and Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Sage The Gateshead, Louvre in Paris, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Winterthur hall in Barcelona as well as recitals in Rome and Andorra, at the City Of London, Tillingham, Cheltenham and St. Magnus festivals . Recordings for radio includes BBC RADIO 3, Radio France, Deutschland Radio Kultur and Amro amongst others. Eduard is a laureate of ten first prizes of International Piano Competitions including Dudley in the UK, Enschede in the Netherlands, Piraeus in Greece, Pinerolo and Sulmona in Italy, Andorra and The Grand Prix of George Enescu Competition in Bucharest. Other awards included Silver medal from The Worshipful Company of Musicians in London, awards from Hattori and Musical Foundation, Dame Myra Hess and Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe as well as Spivakov Foundation and “Richter” award from Rostropovich Foundation in Moscow. Eduard was born in Siberia, studied with Michail Khokhlov at the Gnessin Special school for gifted children and with Andrei Diev at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire and gained his Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction as well as the Gold Medal for performance from the Royal Northern College of Music studying with Norma Fisher and late Mark Ray Eduard is a Verbier festival laureate and a BBC RADIO 3 New Generation Artist currently based in London. Last updated July 2008 |
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Listen to Eduard Kunz playing a Scarlatti sonata.
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