Denis Kozhukhin

Debut recital at Vienna Konzerthaus

Denis Kozhukhin gives his debut recital at the Vienna Konzerthaus on 11 February 2016, performing a programme including Haydn Keyboard Sonata in D major, Liszt Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, Brahms 7 Fantasias, Franck Prélude, chorale et fugue and Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.7 in B-flat major.

The following week, Kozhukhin returns to the UK to perform alongside the Carducci Quartet in two recitals: in London at LSO St Luke’s on 18 February and at Reading Town Hall on 19 February, performing Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor. After these concerts, he performs at Wigmore Hall on 22 February in a BBC Lunchtime recital with a programme including Haydn Keyboard Sonata in D major, Brahms Theme and Variations in D minor, Liszt Harmonies poétiques et religieuses and Bartók Out of Doors. This recital will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra debut

Denis Kozhukhin makes his debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra this month in two concerts on 29 and 31 January 2015, performing Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda. Kozhukhin recently performed the concerto with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, a performance of which the Augsburger Allgemeine commented that Kozhukhin “it’s as if the young piano star Denis Kozhukhin was specifically created to be a sensitive interpreter of Rachmaninov… [Kozhukhin] gave the astounding impression that the virtuoso piece had played itself.”

Earlier in the month, Kozhukhin appears in Boston on 20 January as part of the Celebrity Series recitals, performing a programme of Haydn Keyboard Sonata in D major, Brahms 7 Fantasias, Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Haydn Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Franck Prélude, choral et fugue, and Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.7. He then performs with the New West Symphony Orchestra in three concerts on 22, 23 and 24 January, performing Ravel Piano Concerto with conductor Marcello Lehninger.

Return to the Concertgebouw Master Pianists Series

Denis Kozhukhin makes a return to the Concertgebouw Master Pianists Series on 17 January 2015, performing a programme of Haydn Keyboard Sonata in D major, Brahms 7 Fantasias, Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Haydn Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Franck Prélude, choral et fugue, and Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.7.

Kozhukhin gives a recital with the same programme at on 13 January for Radio Bremen. In addition to this, he also performs Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.2 on 10 January with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jeffrey Tate.

Return to the Concertgebouw with Netherlands Radio Philharmonic

Denis Kozhukhin returns to the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in December, performing Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in three concerts from 4 December 2015. Performing under the baton of Jun Märkl, Kozhukhin and the orchestra visit TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht on 4 December, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on 6 December (both broadcast live on AVROTROS Radio 4) and the deSingel International Arts Campus in Antwerp on 7 December.

Kozhukhin then travels to Sweden to perform Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Gävle Symfoniorkester and Jaime Martin on 11 December, before returning to London for a recital with Michael Barenboim at Wigmore Hall on 27 December.

Debut recital at Lucerne Festival

Denis Kozhukhin travels to Switzerland on 26 November 2015 to give his debut recital at the Lucerne Festival. The programme for the recital at the Lukaskirche includes Haydn Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Brahms 7 Fantasias and Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.8.

Kozhukhin then appears in Germany with the RSO Stuttgart and Aziz Shokakhimov, performing Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor in Stuttgart and Ulm on 27 and 28 November.

Debut with Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine

Denis Kozhukhin makes his debut with the Orchestre National de Bordeaux this month, playing Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in two concerts on 19 and 20 November 2015. Conducted by Jurjen Hempel, the programme also features Martijn Padding Glimpse and Schumann Symphony No. 4.

Later in the month, Kozhukhin returns to the Philharmonia Orchestra for three concerts conducted by Joshua Weilerstein. Kozhukhin performs Grieg Piano Concerto at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury on 21 November, at the Bedford Corn Exchange on 22 November and at Leicester’s De Montfort Hall on 2 December.

Debut recording for Pentatone with RSB Berlin and Vassily Sinaisky

Denis Kozhukhin, having recently signed an exclusive recording contract with Pentatone, enters the studio for his debut recording with the label in October 2015. Kozhukhin records Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 and Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor alongside the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under the baton of Vassily Sinaisky. The recording is due for release in 2016.