Nikolay Lugansky
Pianist
"The pianist of the overwhelming sensitivity, who puts forward not himself, but the music…”
- Daily Telegraph
Nikolay Lugansky returns to the Trans-Siberian Art Festival for two performances this April at the Arnold Kats State Concert Hall.
Nikolay Lugansky travels to Spain for performances in Gijón, Oviedo and Santander.
On February 4, Nikolay Lugansky performed pieces by Fauré, Brahms, and Mozart together with Nikita Borisoglebsky (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), and Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello).
On December 26, pianists performed pieces by Mozart and Rachmaninov at Rachmaninov Concert Hall (Philharmonia-2) in Moscow.
On September 29, Nikolay Lugansky joined the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Nikolay Alexeev to perform at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic season-opening concert.
The recording session took place from July 11 to 14, 2020 at the legendary hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Russia.
On July 25, Nikolay Lugansky performed Chopin`s Concerto No.1 with the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Gergiev.
Nikolay Lugansky's latest album released on Harmonia Mundi label on March 6.
On March 22 and 28, pianist to perform Beethoven, Franck and Rachmaninov in empty concert halls for live broadcasts.
All public performances are cancelled until April 11 inclusive due to coronavirus containment measures.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared all concerts across the nation will be cancelled until April 3.
Spring tour takes Nikolay Lugansky to three different cities.
This spring pianist performs recital at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
At the end of January Nikolay Lugansky travels to the US for a 6-date tour.
On December, 5 Nikolay Lugansky made his debut at the concert hall “Zaryadye” in Moscow.
This November Nikolay Lugansky makes his way to Republic of Korea for performances in Seoul and Pyeongchang.
This autumn Nikolay Lugansky joins the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali on tour in the UK.
This September Nikolay Lugansky joined the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Marko Letonja to perform Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2.
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.
