Moye Kolodin (born 5 May 1987 in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

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) is a German classical pianist.

Career

Kolodin received his very first piano lessons at the age of seven from his mother Elza Kolodin. Kolodin won the first prize and the Sparkasse prize for Outstanding Young Talents at the

Jugend Musiziert ''Jugend musiziert'' is a music competition for children and adolescents in Germany on regional, federal and national level. ''Jugend musiziert'' in Germany In Germany, the nationwide competition refers to young adults up to 20 years and for t ...

competition five years later. In 1999, he enrolled at the

Hochschule für Musik Freiburg The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg ("University of Music Freiburg or Freiburg Conservatory of Music") is a public music academy subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg for academic research and artistic and pedagogical training in music. ...

, and continued his musical studies there under the tutelage of Elza Kolodin until 2006. Kolodin participates regularly in the Master Classes of many world-renowned professors, whose names include Vitaly Margulis,

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and

Vera Gornostayeva Vera Gornostayeva (October 1, 1929 – January 19, 2015) was a Russian pianist and pedagogue. An Emeritus Artist of the Russian Federation at the time of her death, Gornostayeva was a graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where her t ...

. Internationally he has won awards at the "Ciutat de Carlet" and "Vila de Capdepera" competitions in Spain, the Associazione "Fryderyk Chopin's 14th Concorso Internationale per Giovani Pianisti" in 2004 in Rome, the first prize at the "Concours International de Piano de Brest" in France in 2005, and the Grand Prix at the "Evangelia Tjiarri Foundation" International Piano Competition in Larnaka, Cyprus in March 2006. In May that same year, he was also presented with the European cultural award "Pro Europa" at the Paul Klee Zentrum in Bern, Switzerland. Kolodin enjoys frequent engagements with various ensembles and orchestras such as the Schlesischen Philharmonie Kattowitz, the

Landesjugendorchester Baden-Württemberg The (Youth Orchestra of Baden-Wuerttemberg, LJO), founded in 1972, is a youth orchestra based in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The orchestra gives a concert tour in Baden-Württemberg twice a year, and has travelled abroad on several o ...

, the Capella Bydgostiensis and

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, with whom he has performed concerti by

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and

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied ye ...

and a lot of other engagements. His playing constantly receives glowing reviews from local press, who have praised him for his "phenomenal mastery", "amazing talent", "breathtaking playing" and "soaring at the piano" and have described him as "a musical exceptionality" and "a genius and poet". As a scholarship holder of the

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, Kolodin has been a student of

at the Conservatoire Superieur de Musique de Paris since Fall 2006.

References

External links

Ciutat de Carlet competition results (2001)

Concert engagement (2010)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolodin, Moye 1987 births Living people German male classical pianists Musicians from Freiburg im Breisgau Hochschule für Musik Freiburg alumni 21st-century German classical pianists 21st-century German male musicians