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Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
About Alexei Zuev
- Alexei Zuev (Russian: ??????? ????), born 28 April 1982 in Leningrad (today St.
- Petersburg), is a Russian pianist. His education as a pianist began at the age of seven at a special conservatory for gifted children in St.
- Petersburg.
- In 1999 he won the second prize of the International Prokofiev Competition for piano in St.
- Petersburg.
- A first prize wasn't awarded then.
- Beginning in 2000 Zuev studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Alexei Lubimov and since 2007 with Eliso Virsaladze in Munich.
- In 2004 he won the Kissinger Klavierolymp and in 2009 the second prize of the Concours Géza Anda in Zürich.In 2012, Zuev appeared together with Alexei Lubimov on a CD released by ECM Records entitled Claude Debussy Préludes, which contained the Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune in the 1895 transcription for two pianos.In 2017 he published a CD with piano works of Edvard Grieg.Zuev has performed at festivals like Oleg Kagan Music Festival, Kissinger Sommer, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Klavier-Festival Ruhr.
- He has recitals and concerto performances in Luxemburg, Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Russia.
- He performed with Sir George Solti’s World Orchestra for Peace under the baton of Valery Gergiev.
- Zuev also performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski.
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