Performer: Andrey Gugnin

Little had planned to quit in August, but Covid-19 threw all her concert plans into disarray, but last night took a significant step towards the exit, bidding farewell to London’s Southbank Centre.

In an all-Russian programme, Agrest gave us a thoughtfully textured Tchaikvosky 4, while the ease with which Andrey Gugnin took on Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto was a delight.

Dans un programme dantesque qui associait les Douze Études d'exécution transcendante et la Sonate de Liszt, le pianiste russe trouve un idéal esthétique fait de poésie, de recherche de timbres, de surprises...

The Russian pianist talks about his recent triumph at the Classic Piano International Competition in Dubai – and how his opposition to the war in Ukraine has changed his musical life.

The Russian pianist, aged 37, is already a well-established figure in the classical music scene, and this major prize brings performance opportunities across the world – as well as €100,000.