Andrey Gugnin
Pianist Andrey Gugnin has succeeded in both Britain and the U.S., recording for the Hyperion and Steinway & Sons labels. He has won awards both as a solo pianist and playing chamber music.
Gugnin was born in Moscow on May 3, 1987. His father and one brother were mathematicians, and he showed some enthusiasm for that field, but his first piano teacher, Natalia Smirnova, recognized his talent. Gugnin attended the Moscow Conservatory, studying with Vera Gornostayeva and graduating in 2010. He went on for further studies at the Lake Como International Piano Academy in Switzerland. In the mid-2010s, Gugnin was a reliable prizewinner at the top levels of international piano competition. At the 2013 Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna, he took home second prize, followed by top prizes at the 2014 International Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, and the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, where he swept the best overall concerto, best 19th or 20th century concerto, and best violin-and-piano sonata, among other awards. By that time, Gugnin was earning major concert bookings both in Russia and abroad. He has performed with the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra in St. Petersburg under Valery Gergiev, as well as with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Utah Symphony. He is noted as a duo pianist, performing with Vadym Kholodenko, and as a chamber player with, among other musicians, violinist Tasmin Little, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, and Camerata Salzburg.
Even before graduating from the Moscow Conservatory, Gugnin was in demand as a recording artist. He recorded the Shostakovich concertos with the State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia as early as 2007. Gugnin recorded the album Pictures, featuring music by Ibert and Mussorgsky, for Steinway & Sons in 2016, moving to Piano Classics in 2018 for an album of Liszt's Transcendental Etudes in 2018, and to Hyperion for a recording of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and two piano sonatas the following year.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Scriabin: Mazurkas
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 4 Mar 2022
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Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 3 May 2024
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Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34; Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 27 Sep 2019
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Homage to Godowsky: Piano Works Dedicated to Leopold Godowsky
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 27 Mar 2020
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante
Classical - Released by Piano Classics on 26 Oct 2018
Gramophone Editor's Choice16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pictures
Classical - Released by Steinway and Sons on 8 Apr 2016
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dedication to Vera Gornostayeva (Live)
Andrey Gugnin, Vadym Kholodenko, Lukas Geniušas, Aylen Pritchin, Alexander Buzlov
Classical - Released by JSC Firma Melodiya on 27 Sep 2019
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Shostakovich, D.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / 24 Preludes (Excerpts) (Dmitry Shostakovich - Rudolf Barshai)
Classical - Released by Delos on 13 Mar 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Recital
Ioana Cristina Goicea, Andrey Gugnin
Chamber Music - Released by Atoll on 16 Aug 2019
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Scriabin: Mazurkas
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 4 Mar 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book III, Op. 43: No. 5, Erotikon
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 22 Mar 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Ballade & Lyric Pieces
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 3 May 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Homage to Godowsky: Piano Works Dedicated to Leopold Godowsky
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 27 Mar 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes, Op. 34; Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 27 Sep 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: I. Praeludium. Allegro vivace
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 12 Apr 2024
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo