Pianist
“…Lugansky is not simply the most wonderful Russian pianist of modern times; he is one of the most outstanding artists of our epoch…”
- Le Monde
On August, 4 Nikolay Lugansky started a series of concerts at the Aspen Music Festival. The pianist shared the stage of the nearly full Benedict Music Tent with the Festival Orchestra under James Gaffigan.
On June, 12 Nikolay Lugansky was given the State Award of the Russian Federation by president Vladimir Putin at the ceremony in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. The pianist was honoured "for contribution to the development of the national and world music culture."
In July 2019 Nikolay Lugansky will record a new album of César Franck music. He will work on it in Switzerland.
Nikolay Lugansky closed the concert season 2018/2019 with an eveing in Musikverein's Goldener Saal. The pianist shared the stage with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under the baton of maestro Tugan Sokhiev.
On April, 2 Nikolay Lugansky was awarded the Caecelia Prize of the Union of Belgian Music Presse (l'Union de la Presse musicale belge) for his album of Sergei Rachmaninov 24 Preludes.