Contestant

Evgeny Konnov was born in 1992 in Chirchiq (Uzbekistan). He studied with such professors as G.F. Schenk, Evgenia Rubinova, Jan Gottlieb Jiracek von Arnim and Albert Mamriev. In 2022 he began studying historical keyboard instruments with Prof. Christoph Hammer at the Leopold Mozart Center of the University of Augsburg. He is the winner of many international competitions, including first prize at the 64th Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona (Spain), first prize at the 14th Unisa International Piano Competition in Pretoria (South Africa), first prize at the 31st Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition in Seregno (Italy) and first prize at the 18th Compositores de España International Piano Competition in Madrid (Spain). Evgeny Konnov has given concerts in important concert halls in Spain (National Auditorium of Music in Madrid, Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall in Bilbao, Auditorio Manuel de Falla in Granada, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya in Barcelona, L’Auditori in Barcelona, Auditorio de Tenerife), South Africa (Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg, The Playhouse in Durban, Germany (Gasteig in Munich), Portugal (Casa de Musica in Porto), France (Salle Cortot in Paris), Russia (Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory), Italy (Teatro Dal Verme in Milan, Casa di Riposo per Musicisti), Austria (Konzerthaus in Vienna), Belgien (Flagey Building in Brussels), Japan (Act City Hamamatsu), Netherlands, Poland, Malta, Uzbekistan and Morocco. He played with: Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orchestra Sinfonica de Tenerife , Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao, City Orchestra of Granada , Augsburger Philharmoniker, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra , KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica Mihail Jora di Bacau, Orquestra Internacional Virtuosos de Madrid, Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, Orchestra Sinfonica Citta di Grosseto, Orchestra “Antonio Vivaldi”, Ryazan Symphony Orchestra ), Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Vienna City Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra Wernigerode, Orquestra Filarmonica Portuguesa.