Eva Gevorgyan

Eva Gevorgyan
Ева Геворгян
Եվա Գևորգյան
Born (2004-04-15) April 15, 2004
Moscow, Russian Federation
Citizenship
  • Armenia
  • Russia
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • composer

Eva Gevorgyan (Russian: Ева Геворгян, Armenian: Եվա Գևորգյան; born 15 April 2004) is a Russian-Armenian pianist and composer.

Biography

Eva Gevorgyan was born in Moscow. She is a piano student at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in the class of Natalia Trull and also at Reina Sofia School of Music in class of Stanislav Ioudenitch.[1] She is a scholarship holder of the International Academy of Music in Liechtenstein. She perfected her skills at the International Piano Academy “Lago di Como” in Italy under the supervision of Stanislav Ioudenitch, William Grant Naboré and Dmitri Bashkirov.[2] She participated in master classes conducted, among others, by Paul Badura-Skoda, Pavel Gililov, Grigory Gruzman, Piotr Paleczny, and Boris Petrushansky.

She has performed at numerous festivals, including Verbier Festival, the International Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój or Music Fest Perugia.[3] She has collaborated with many ensembles, such as the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, The Russian National Orchestra, and conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Spivakov, Vasily Petrenko and Lawrence Foster.[1]

In 2021, she was a finalist at the XVIII International Chopin Piano Competition. She received the prize for the youngest female finalist in the Competition which is an extra-statutory prize.[4]

Selected awards and achievements

  • Giuliano Pecara International Piano Competition in Gorizia (2016) – Grand Prix
  • Robert Schumann International Piano Competition in Düsseldorf (2017) – 1st prize[5]
  • International Grand Piano Competition in Moscow (2018) – five special awards
  • International Piano Competition for Young Artists in Cleveland (2018) – 1st prize[6] and special prize for the best performance of a Bach piece[7]
  • Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition (2019) - 2nd prize and press award[8]
  • Chicago International Music Competition (2020) – Grand Prix and a special award for the best performance of a Chopin piece[9]
  • Award in the "Discovery of the Year" category, as part of the International Classical Music Award program (2019)[10]
  • Scholarship of the Ruhr Piano Festival (Klavier-Festival Ruhr), chosen by Evgeny Kissin (2020)[11]
  • The title of “Young Yamaha Artist” (2021)[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "XVIII Chopin Competition: Eva Gevorgyan". chopin2020.pl. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Eva Gevorgyan | Music of Armenia". musicofarmenia.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Eva Gevorgyan". www.mariinsky.ru. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. ^ "XVIII Chopin Competition: Awards". chopin2020.pl. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  5. ^ Gramatikovski, Andrija (16 February 2024). "Prize Winners of the Robert Schumann Competition Düsseldorf 2017". Schumann Competition (in German). Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Past CIPC for Young Artists Winners – Piano Cleveland". pianocleveland.org. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  7. ^ Hathaway, Daniel (11 June 2018). "CIPC Announces 2018 Prizes in Young Artists Competition". Cleveland Classical. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Eva Gevorgyan wins two prices at the Van Cliburn - ICMA | ICMA". www.icma-info.com. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Pianist Eva Gevorgyan wins 1st Grand Prize at Chicago International Music Competition". HyeTert (in Turkish). 28 August 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  10. ^ Centre, IMZ International Music + Media (1 April 2019). "Interview with Discovery Award 2019 Winner Eva Gevorgyan". IMZ International Music + Media Centre. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  11. ^ "The Ruhr Piano Festival Prize 2020". Klavier-Festival Ruhr. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Pianist Eva Gevorgyan to perform at Rachmaninoff Days festival in Moscow". HyeMedia. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

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