Biography
“Yevgeny Sudbin is already hailed as potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century” — The Daily Telegraph
Yevgeny Sudbin’s début CD of Scarlatti sonatas released in 2005, met with such overwhelming critical acclaim, confirmed by the equally ecstatic reception of his subsequent recordings, a Rachmaninov recital, and Tchaikovsky and Medtenr 1st piano concertos ( Gramophone magazine’s CD of the month), that he is now recognised as one of the world’s most interesting and exciting young pianists. His recent international concert appearances have met with huge success and stellar reviews.
Yevgeny has performed extensively throughout the world, many of his performances having been broadcast on radio and television. He has appeared with several of the world’s most distinguished orchestras, and performed at venues such as the Musikhalle, Hamburg, the Gewandhaus, Leipzig and Konzerthaus, Berlin; the Salle Gaveau, Paris; the Sala Verdi, Milan; as well as London’s South Bank Centre and Wigmore Hall. He has performed at music festivals throughout the world, and is a frequent participant at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland where his most recent recital received enthusiastic reviews. His love of chamber music has led him to collaborate with many other musicians including the Chilingirian Quartet, Ilya Gringolts, Hilary Hahn, Julia Fischer, Sharon Bezaly and Alexander Chaushian.
Born in St Petersburg in 1980, Yevgeny Sudbin displayed exceptional musical talents from an early age and in 1987 entered the specialist music school of the St Petersburg Conservatory. In 1990 he continued his studies in Berlin and then moved to London where he has lived since 1997, and where he studied with Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music, additionally attending the International Piano Foundation at Lake Como, Italy. He has also had lessons from Murray Perahia, Claude Frank, Leon Fleisher, Stephen Hough, Alexander Satz, amongst others. The Pulvermacher Foundation and the Wall Trust have also played an important role in Yevgeny’s career. During 2006, besides concerts in Europe and Scandinavia, he toured Canada and USA to great acclaim and made his New York début in The Frick Collection Series.
Future plans include concerts and recordings with North Carolina Symphony, performances with Minnesota Orchestra under Vänska, and San Francisco Symphony under Askenazy, as well as débuts at the Aspen Festival, USA, and La Roque d’Anthéron Festival, France. He will also return to New York for a recital at Metropolitan Museum Piano Forte Series.
Further projects for the BIS label include recordings of Scriabin's solo works and Weinberg sonatas for cello and piano with Alexander Chaushian which are due to be released shortly.
His Wigmore Hall début recital: “A great recital. He is a pianist of uncommon sensitivity and refinement and has total confidence in his imaginative concept of each piece” — Adrian Jack, The Independent
His 2006 Verbier Festival recital: “Sudbin’s great quality was his acute sense of characterization, conveying not just the letter of the music through his consummate technique, but also its spirit through his intuition and inspiration. Any chance to hear him should be snapped up” — Geoffrey Norris, The Daily Telegraph
His Scarlatti CD: “among the finest, certainly most enjoyable of all Scarlatti recitals” — Bryce Morrison, The Gramophone
His Rachmaninov CD: “This confirms him as one of the most important pianistic talents of our time” — Harriet Smith, International Record Review
His Tchaikovsky and Medtner CD “Few seem as fresh and necessary as this release from this wonder pianist” — Geoff Brown, The Times