Biography
In the early 2020s Sergei Redkin stood out among Russia's ascending pianists through a growing schedule of international tours and notable competition successes. He has performed as soloist with leading orchestras inside Russia and beyond its borders.
Born October 27, 1991, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Redkin began piano lessons at age six. His earliest training took place at a music school in Krasnoyarsk, after which he entered the special youth music school attached to the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He completed his formal studies at the Rimsky-Korsakov State St. Petersburg Conservatory, receiving piano instruction from Alexander Sandler and composition lessons from Alexander Mnatsakanyan.
From the late 2000s onward he appeared regularly at the St. Petersburg Music House; the venue's directors subsequently recommended him for admission to the International Piano Academy Lake Como in Italy in 2011. He continued his training at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, Belgium, where he earned an artist diploma under Louis Lortie and Avo Kouyoumdjian. In 2017 he was appointed artist-in-residence at the Chapel.
His list of awards began with the Paderewski International Competition for Young Pianists in Poland in 2010, continued with a third prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2015, and reached a second prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2021.
By that point his recital and concerto engagements had already taken him across Russia and into western Europe, Israel, the United States, and Japan. Russian orchestras with which he has appeared include the Mariinsky Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia; he has also performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. Festival appearances have included the Lucerne and Verbier Festivals in Switzerland. Redkin was featured on a recording devoted to the 2021 Queen Elisabeth Festival prizewinners, and in 2022 he issued his debut album, Vagabund, on the Linn label, containing music by Schumann, Schubert, and Liszt.
Born October 27, 1991, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Redkin began piano lessons at age six. His earliest training took place at a music school in Krasnoyarsk, after which he entered the special youth music school attached to the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He completed his formal studies at the Rimsky-Korsakov State St. Petersburg Conservatory, receiving piano instruction from Alexander Sandler and composition lessons from Alexander Mnatsakanyan.
From the late 2000s onward he appeared regularly at the St. Petersburg Music House; the venue's directors subsequently recommended him for admission to the International Piano Academy Lake Como in Italy in 2011. He continued his training at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, Belgium, where he earned an artist diploma under Louis Lortie and Avo Kouyoumdjian. In 2017 he was appointed artist-in-residence at the Chapel.
His list of awards began with the Paderewski International Competition for Young Pianists in Poland in 2010, continued with a third prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 2015, and reached a second prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2021.
By that point his recital and concerto engagements had already taken him across Russia and into western Europe, Israel, the United States, and Japan. Russian orchestras with which he has appeared include the Mariinsky Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, and the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia; he has also performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. Festival appearances have included the Lucerne and Verbier Festivals in Switzerland. Redkin was featured on a recording devoted to the 2021 Queen Elisabeth Festival prizewinners, and in 2022 he issued his debut album, Vagabund, on the Linn label, containing music by Schumann, Schubert, and Liszt.
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