Evelina Vorontsova

“A pianist for Rachmaninov.” Evelina Vorontsova is considered as one of the finest interpreters of Russian composers by music critics and piano lovers alike. Her cantabile legato and intense virtuose style bear witness to a highly romantic approach to music. Two well received albums with works of Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Bach and Scarlatti place Vorontsova in a distinguished tradition of Russian pianists. The critically acclaimed album Rachmaninoff (2016) received 5 out of 5 stars in International Piano and has been compared to recordings of Berman and Kocsis. Yehudi Menuhin was so much impressed by her talent that he invited her to play at his festival in Moscow.

Vorontsova performed solo recitals worldwide including performances at the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Teatro Comunale Bologna and Suginami Koukaidou. As a soloist Vorontsova performed with international orchestras conducted by Yehudi Menuhin, Lev Markiz, Jan Stulen, Stewart Robertson and Alexander Wakulsky. Vorontsova loves the energy of chamber music and performed with hundreds of musicians and ensembles, among whom Herman Krebbers, Sidney Harth, Marina Shaguch, Valentin Zhuk, Vera Beths, Natasha Korsakova, Leonid Kerbel and Sergei Ostrovsky. A highly versatile pianist Vorontsova also plays jazz and promotes jazzy classical composers such as Nikolai Kapustin.

Evelina Vorontsova comes from a family of pianists. At the age of eleven she played her first concerto on TV with orchestra straight from the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. Vorontsova graduated cum laude at the Central Music School for Talented Children, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory (gold medal) and the Conservatory of Amsterdam. She is a prize winner of various competitions including the International Franz Liszt Competition Utrecht, the (all-Russian) Rachmaninov Competition Moscow, and the Cantù International Piano & Orchestra Competition.

Written by: Jeltsje Stobbe