There’s nothing like virtuosity for excitement, but artistry calls for more. Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, for example, has been praised for her “ability to let the music breathe.” She is able to ...

Against the lustrous backdrop of Lake Michigan, pianist Yulianna Avdeeva took the Galvin Recital Hall audience on a journey of imagination and rumination through the music of Frédéric Chopin and ...

Throughout their lyrical renditions of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 on April 20, pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, conductor Tugan Sokhiev and Chicago Symphony Orchestra ...

When Yulianna Avdeeva won the Chopin Piano Competition in 2010, she became only the fourth woman ever to do so -- and the first in 45 years, since Martha Argerich’s legendary victory in 1965. In 2025, ...

WARSAW, PolandWARSAW, Poland — A jury of the world’s leading pianists awarded this year’s Chopin Piano Competition to Russian Yulianna Avdeeva, the first woman to win the prestigious classical music ...

It’s fascinating to compare this nuanced set with the performance by the Soviet pianist who inspired Shostakovich in 1950 Shostakovich composed his 24 Preludes and Fugues in 1950 and 1951, between his ...

At age 25 in 2010, pianist Yulianna Avdeeva became the first woman to win first prize at the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw since Martha Argerich did in 1965, competing in what ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WARSAW, Poland — A jury of the world’s leading pianists awarded this year’s Chopin Piano Competition to Russian Yulianna Avdeeva, the first woman to win the ...

Yulianna Avdeeva, born in 1985 in Moscow, was the first woman in 45 years to win the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, held in Warsaw in October 2010. On January 3, Avdeeva, who beat ...

American Youth Symphony and National Children’s Chorus Works by Duruflé, Fauré, Stravinsky and Scriabin, plus the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s “The Right of Your Senses”; with soprano Jessica Rivera ...

Sonata for Piano No. 6 Yulianna Avdeeva, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Années de pèlerinage année 2: Italie, Movements: Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata Yulianna Avdeeva, ...