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Program:
- Shostakovich: Selections from Preludes & Fugues Op. 87
- Intermission
- Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Yulianna Avdeeva
A pianist of fiery temperament and virtuosity, Yulianna Avdeeva is the Gold Medalist of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition, which launched her to international fame. She plays with power, conviction, and sensibility, winning over audiences all over the world.
A favorite artist in Europe, Yulianna has recurring concert engagements at the Warsaw Philharmonic, Rudolfinum in Prague, Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, and Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. She recently performed recital debuts at the Salzburg and Gstaad festivals, and at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Highlights of Yulianna’s 2025–26 season included a recital tour to Korea and China; the “Chopin and his Europe Festival” in Warsaw; recital debuts at Musikverein Vienna, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, La Jolla Music Society, Philip Lorenz International Keyboard Concerts, Houston’s DACAMERA series, Festival de Tannay (Switzerland), Società del Quartetto di Milano, and Music Center De Bijloke (Belgium). She also returned to Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid for a full performance of Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, and to the Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival in Prague for a solo recital of excerpts from Op. 87 at the Rudolfinum.
Orchestral performances as soloist have included the Seattle Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, WDR Cologne Radio Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, Orchestre Consuelo at Festival La Chaise-Dieu, and the Franz Schubert Filharmonia. Her recent appearance at the Gewandhaus Shostakovich Festival was followed by a European tour with Andris Nelsons and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Upcoming chamber music performances include a tour with the Belcea Quartet and concerts in Vienna, Hamburg, Berlin, and Madrid.
Yulianna’s 2024–25 season included a Carnegie Hall re-engagement after her sold-out recital debut in 2023; she returned with a program of Chopin and Liszt, which she also played in Spain, Germany, the U.S., France, Austria, and Italy. She also performed with the New York Philharmonic at Bravo! Vail Music Festival; made her Celebrity Series of Boston debut; gave a recital at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival; and played several concerts at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival.
In partnership with the Boston Symphony, the Gewandhaus Orchestra created a festival marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Shostakovich, which featured Yulianna in performances of the entire Op. 87 in spring 2025. Besides the Gewandhaus, she performed the cycle at Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin; Palau de la Música in Barcelona; Saitama Arts Center in Tokyo; Festival de Lanaudière in Quebec; National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing; Ostrava in the Czech Republic; and Seon in Switzerland, among others.
Yulianna recently released three albums on PENTATONE: Resilience (2023); Chopin: Voyage (2024); and a complete recording of Shostakovich’s Op. 87 (2025). Her recordings include the Chopin concertos with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and Frans Brüggen (2013); three solo albums featuring works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, and Prokofiev (2014, 2016, 2017); collaborations with Gidon Kremer in Weinberg’s chamber music (2017 and 2019); and a Deutsche Grammophon solo recording (2015).
In 2025 Yulianna launched the online project #AvdeevaShostakovichProject, discussing and playing each of the 24 Preludes and Fugues. The project accompanied #YuliannasMusicalDialogues, an open space for her followers to share their passion for music. Piano aficionados also enjoyed Yulianna’s online educational project #AvdeevaBachProject, which she offered throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, gaining over half a million views.
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