Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 in Eisenach – 1750 in Leipzig)

Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor (BWV 903)

Franz Liszt (1811 in Raiding, Austria – 1886 in Bayreuth)

Legend No. 2

Frédéric Chopin (1810 in Zelazowa Wola, Poland – 1849 in Paris)

Preludes Op. 28

Yulianna Avdeeva gained worldwide recognition through her tremendous success at the Chopin Competition, where she won first prize in 2010. A pianist with a fiery temperament and virtuoso playing style, Avdeeva plays with power, conviction, and sensitivity, captivating audiences around the world.

Highlights of the 2024/2025 season include performances with the Minnesota Orchestra and Robert Treviño, the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana and Markus Poschner, as well as the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Sinfónica de Galicia, and the Orchestre des Pays de la Loire. She will tour Japan with the NHK Orchestra. She will also perform at prestigious venues such as the Dortmund Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, Brucknerhaus Linz, Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, and the Gewandhaus.

Yulianna Avdeeva has performed with many of the most important orchestras in Europe and the USA, including the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Kremerata Baltica, Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and has maintained relationships with conductors such as Manfred Honeck, Sir Mark Elder, Gustavo Dudamel, Marin Alsop, Joana Mallwitz, Tugan Sokhiev, Santu Mattias-Rouvali, Robert Trevino, Jura Valcuha, Marek Janowski, Vasily Petrenko, and Vladimir Jurowski.

A dedicated chamber musician, Yulianna Avdeeva plays with violinists Julia Fischer and Gidon Kremer, among others, and has performed at prestigious venues such as Wigmore Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. In addition to regular appearances at the Chopin Festival in Warsaw and the Festival International de Piano La Roque d'Anthéron, Avdeeva has performed at the Salzburg Festival, the Ruhr Piano Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Bremen Music Festival, the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival and the International Shostakovich Days Gohrisch, among others.