The
Performer
“extraordinarily versatile and agile technique ... an inspired musical imagination.”
Gramophone
Concert pianist Andrey Gugnin is rapidly gaining international acclaim as a passionately virtuosic performer. One of his recent achievements is winning the prestigious 12th International German Piano Award in 2023. In 2024, Andrey won first place at the Classic Piano International Competition in Dubai, claiming the grand prize with a performance of Rachmaninov’s Piano concerto No. 3. In 2020 BBC Music Magazine Awards named Andrey the winner of the Instrumental Award for his recording Shostakovich: 24 Preludes - Piano sonatas 1 & 2 (Hyperion). Since winning the prestigious Sydney International Piano Competition in 2016, Andrey has gone from strength to strength in concerts and recordings which exhibit his impassioned interpretations.
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Increasingly in demand as a concerto soloist, Andrey has been invited to perform as a guest artist with notable orchestras worldwide, such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish Radio Orchestra, the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony, and has performed under the distinguished batons of Jaap Van Zweden, Reinbert de Leeuw, Daniel Raiskin, Stanislav Kochanovsky and Asher Fisch. He has also collaborated in on several occasions as the duo partner of violinist Tasmin Little.
As a recording artist, Andrey has published a broad scope of repertoire ranging from solo piano to symphonic works. His release of Liszt’s Transcendental études (Piano Classics, 2018) were commended as Editor’s Choice, and distinguished Andrey as “one to watch” (Gramophone). Other notable recordings include his duo programme with violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea (Atoll Records, 2019), and an inspired selection of solo piano suites entitled Pictures (Steinway & Sons, 2016). Currently Andrey continues his collaboration with Hyperion Records. His album of complete Scriabin Mazurkas (2022) was awarded the Recording of the Month by Limelight Magazine. In 2025 his recording of Grieg's solo piano music including the Lyric pieces was shortlisted for a Gramophone award.
