Pianist Evgeni Mikhailov CONTACT: Tel/Fax: +7(8432) 93-38-94 EMAIL

........ was born February 7, 1973 in the city of Izhevsk, Russia into a family of musicians. After graduating from the Music School and Music College in Izhevsk, he entered Kazan State Conservatoire (class of Professor E.Bournasheva), then took a post-graduate course at the Moscow State Conservatoire (class of Professor M.Voskressensky). Since November 1997 Evgeni Mikhailov has been a soloist of Moscow State Philharmonic Society

• In 1993 Evgeni Mikhailov won the 9th V.Safonov All-Russian piano Competition in Kislovodsk.
  
• In 1995 he became the winner of the 1st A.Scriabin International piano Competition in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), and also the possessor of three special prizes, including the S.Richter's prize.
  
• In 1996 E.Mikhailov become the laureate of the 1st G.Eriksson International piano Competition (Sweden).
  
• In 1999 he become the laureate of the 21st International piano Competition "E.Pozzoli" (Italy).

Since 1995 Evgeni Mikhailov gave many concerts in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and other Russian cities. In June 1995 he was invited to play as soloist with Deutsche Symphonie Orchester Berlin under the direction of V.Ashkenazy in Berlin Philharmonic Hall performing the Concerto for Piano with Orchestra by A.Scriabin. In September 1995 he played Scriabin's poem "Prometheus" together with Russian National Orchestra under the direction of M.Pletnev at the music festivals in Germany and Switzerland.

During all this time Evgeni Mikhailov has prepared many programs, including the cycle of 10 Sonatas by A.Scriabin. In 1998 he recorded two CD with those sonatas at the Russian recording firm "Melodiya". Evgeni has successfully toured in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Norway. He got wonderful reviews of his creative work in the Russian newspapers "Music Review", "The Culture", "Arguments and facts", in the magazines "Music Life", "Music Academy", and also in the foreign press.

OPINIONS OF GREAT MUSICIANS AND THE PRESS

Paul Badura-Skoda: "E.Mikhailov is an excellent pianist demonstrating bright emotionality and depth of interpretation. He is a brilliant performer of Scriabin's music, his recording of Scriabin's sonatas is outstanding". ("Il Cittadino", Italy)

Mikhail Pletnev: "In September 1995 the Russian National Orchestra performed A.Scriabin's poem "Prometheus" with E.Mikhailov as soloist at musical festivals in Switzerland and Germany. This gifted musician demonstrated the highest professionalism, brilliant musicianship and bright emotional interpretation of this musical work".

Mikhail Voskressensky: "Mikhailov has a sensitive lyric talent. He has a wide sound range, especially in "piano"; his sense of musical structure is perfect and his interpretation always unexpected". ("Music Academy", Russia)

"The young pianist, among other merits, has an intelligent and refined manner of performing, a fine taste and preserves the best Russian traditions of piano playing". (From the Russian press)

"I think, that the audience will get great pleasure from the fine "rubato" in the second movement of the Concerto No.2 by Chopin and the bright virtuosity in "Allegro Vivace" as performed by the young soloist Evgeni Mikhailov." ("The Observer", Sweden)

"Evgeni Mikhailov won over everyone in the Concerto No.2 by Rachmaninov with his soft touch, great confidence, virtuosity and deep interpretation of this work". ("Kartner Tageszeitung", Austria)