08/02/2024
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This year we welcome guest artist and judge for the 2024 PBA Young Artist Piano Competition, Mikhail Shilyaev. See him perform live Friday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Reserve your tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/distinguished-artist-recital-mikhail-shilyaev-piano-tickets-802142197907
BIO
Mikhail was born in Izhevsk, Russia. He started learning piano at the age of six and won several regional piano competitions at a young age. He studied in Russia in Moscow State Conservatoire, in Germany and in the UK.
As a soloist with orchestra, he has performed with Musikkollegium Winterthur, the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, the Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra and with the Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra among others.
He has worked with leading conductors including Christopher Warren-Green, Pascal Rophé, Nikoloz Rachveli and Gianluca Marcianó.
In July 2010 Mikhail won the Bronze Medal at the prestigious Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition in Lisbon.
Mikhail lives in London and plays mostly in the UK and Europe. He has been taking part in numerous festivals across Europe including Zaubersee festival in Lucerne and Suoni dal Golfo in La Spezia, Italy.
Among his chamber music partners are Boris Brovtsyn, Anastasia Kobekina and Natalie Clein. He is interested in historical performance practice and often gives recitals on fortepianos.
Mikhail is also known for his collaboration with singers including the rising stars Anna Gobachyova, Nardus Williams, Yuri Yurchuk, Tuuli Takkala and Anush Hovhannisyan.
Mikhail is a piano professor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London.
He has recently released two critically acclaimed CDs on Toccata Classics and Stone Records. His new record made on historical Bechstein has been released by Willowhayne Records.
