Free Lunchtime Concert: Alexey Pudinov, Piano

Alexey Pudinov is a multi-talented musician with boundless energy and creativity not just for his own playing but for other musical projects. He founded the “AD Festival Days”, a chamber music festival in Manchester, and is also co-founder of several chamber music ensembles. “Without chamber music, I cannot live”, he says. This is true for other artistic ways of expression as well; apart from music, the young pianist loves photography.

The depth of Alexey’s background becomes apparent in his education. With six musical degrees in total, the musician attended the prestigious music colleges of three countries: Germany, England, and naturally, Russia. Joining orchestras like the Simfonični Orkester RTV Slovenija, the Sinfonieorchester Gießen, and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra as a soloist has been a significant experience for him, too.

He attended numerous prominent festivals, like the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. He won the “Gershwin Best Performance Prize” 2015 in New York, the Steinway Prize 2014, the First LMN Menuhin Prize 2016 in Frankfurt and the First Prize at the North West International Piano Ensemble Competition 2018 in Vancouver. His Debut CD ‘Evocation of Dance’ was released in May 2019.

Part of the ‘Pianists of the World’ Series (Germany)

Programme

Bach (arr. Siloti) Prelude in B minor
Gershwin (arr. Say)  Summertime Variations
Rachmaninov ‘Andante canbile’ from Moments musicaux
Brahms Piano Sonata No 2 in F sharp minor

Performer

Alexey Pudinov рiano