Evgeny Kissin

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Full Name	Evgeny Kissin
Occupation	Pianist
Date Of Birth	Oct 10, 1971(1971-10-10)
Age	53
Birthplace	Moscow
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Libra

Evgeny Kissin Biography

Evgeny Kissin is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on October 10, 1971 in Moscow, Russia. Classical artist who earned international recognition as a young prodigy. He received praise for his mastery over Romantic composers.

He performed He performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‘s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor with the Ulyanovsk Symphony Orchestra for his debut when he was 10.’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor with the Ulyanovsk Symphony Orchestra for his debut at the age of 10 years old.

At the age of ten Kissin made his debut performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor with the Ulyanovsk Symphony Orchestra. The year after that, Kissin gave his first recital in Moscow. Kissin’s talents were revealed to the international scene in 1984, at the age of twelve, when he played and recorded both of Chopin’s piano concertos with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire. Kissin’s first appearances outside Russia were in 1985 in Eastern Europe, followed a year later by his first tour of Japan. In 1987, at age sixteen, he made his West European debut at the Berlin Festival as well as his United Kingdom debut, alongside conductor Valery Gergiev and violinists Maxim Vengerov and Vadim Repin, at The Lichfield Festival. In 1988 he toured Europe with the Moscow Virtuosi and Vladimir Spivakov and also made his London debut with the London Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. In December of the same year he played Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Herbert von Karajan at the Berlin Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve Concert which was broadcast internationally, with the performance repeated the following year at the Salzburg Easter Festival. In September 1990, Kissin made his North American debut playing Chopin’s two piano concertos with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and the first piano recital in Carnegie Hall’s centennial season. In 1997, he gave the first solo piano recital in the history of The Proms in London.

Many musical awards and tributes from around the world have been bestowed upon Kissin. In 1987 he received the Crystal Prize of the Osaka Symphony Hall for the best performance of the year in 1986 (his first performance in Japan). In 1991 he received the Musician of the Year Prize from the Chigiana Academy of Music in Siena, Italy. He was special guest at the 1992 Grammy Awards Ceremony, broadcast live to an audience estimated at over one billion, and became Musical America’s youngest Instrumentalist of the Year in 1995. In 1997 he received the Triumph Award for his outstanding contribution to Russia’s culture, one of the highest cultural honors to be awarded in the Russian Republic, and again, the youngest-ever awardee. He was the first pianist to be invited to give a recital at the BBC Proms (1997), and, in the 2000 season, was the first concerto soloist ever to be invited to play in the Proms opening concert.

His birthplace was in Moscow and was raised in an Russian Jewish family.

Evgeny Kissin Net Worth

Evgeny Kissin is one of the richest Pianist from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Evgeny Kissin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was admitted to at the Gnessin State Musical College for Gifted Children at the age of six years old.

His recording and performance work went beyond classical music. He was famous for his performances that included Yiddish as well as Russian poetry.

Evgeny Igorevich Kissin (Russian: Евге́ний И́горевич Ки́син , romanized: Evgénij Ígorevič Kísin; born 10 October 1971) is a Russian concert pianist and composer. He became a British citizen in 2002 and an Israeli citizen in 2013. He first came to international fame as a child prodigy. He has a wide repertoire and is especially known for his interpretations of the works of the Romantic era, particularly those of Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Ludwig van Beethoven. He is commonly viewed as a great successor of the Russian piano school because of the depth, lyricism and poetic quality of his interpretations.

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Facts & Trivia

Evgeny Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Evgeny Kissin celebrates birthday on October 10 of every year.

Is Evgeny Kissin the best pianist?

In the programme notes, Kissin was described as a “titan among pianists”, suggesting both physical and metaphoric presence. In an article last year, The Economist billed him as “ one of the world’s greatest living musicians ”.

Where does Evgeny Kissin live?

On 10 March 2017, Kissin married Karina Arzumanova, a childhood friend, in Prague , where they live.

What languages does Evgeny Kissin speak?

Since leaving Russia for the West in 1991, he also learned to speak English, French and German. Language is something that clearly matters to Kissin.

How did Kissin get famous?

Kissin is best known as a soloist who began his career as a child prodigy. By age 12 he had performed both Chopin concertos in his native Russia and by 19 he had made headlines with the Berlin Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic.

Who is the No 1 pianist in the world?

RankPiano PlayerAssociations
1| Murray Perahia| Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
2| Dame Myra Hess| NBC Symphony Orchestra
3| Alfred Brendel| Academy Of St Martin In The Fields
4| Sviatoslav Richter| Chicago Symphony Orchestra