In October, we are presenting a concert series Laureates of the 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition that features pianists Seong Jin Cho and Daniil Trifonov and cellists Edgar Moreau and Narek Hakhnazaryan. Valery Gergiev has already presented Competition Winners in London. In addition, Narek Hakhnazaryan performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra in Yerevan, and in a few days, Daniil Trifonov will take part in a concert on stage of the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York. The Winners’ Gala that launched a new season of the London Symphony Orchestra literally took the British media by storm as as the “gala concert was the first chance London has had to see the results” of the famous Moscow Competition. The Guardian reviewer believed that “the brightest star of the evening” was the twenty-three-year-old Narek Hakhnazaryan, who performed Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, displaying “real maturity.” The critic also stated that twenty-year-old Daniil Trifonov (*) was a “charismatic young Russian” for the frenzy of his performance of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto and his display of “exhilarating confidence and formidable technique.” In Daniil Trifonov’s “first-class performance” a critic from The Times focussed on the musician’s “showmanship without ostentatious theatrics, and a generous willingness” to let the orchestra and conductor “take the lead where the music required it.”

* — Daniil Trifonov, 1st Prize 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition Winner, the Grand Prix Winner for the best performance with a chamber orchestra and the Audience Award Winner will perform in a concert on October 25th with the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. The pianist will perform Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.