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Accompanist & repetiteur.
Flat 1, 42 The Crescent, London, SW19 8AN, United Kingdom
Nikolai Demidenko’s passionate virtuosity and musicianship has brought him worldwide recognition. His repertoire is wide-ranging including Bach, Clementi, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Scarlatti an Shostakovich. Demidenko performs at the highest level with orchestras and conductors including St Petersburg Philharmonic and Yuri Temirkanov, Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia and Charles Dutoit, Philharmonia Orchestra with Tughan Sokhiev, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony and Sylvain Cambreling and Orchestre National de France with Eivind Gullberg-Jensen.
Born in China in 1997, Niu Niu made his concert debut just after his sixth birthday and at eight, he became the youngest student in the 85-year history of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Niu Niu (meaning “Little Ox”) is currently a student with Professor Hung-Kuan Chen at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In 2007 Niu Niu became the youngest pianist ever to sign an exclusive recording contract with an international classical label – EMI Classics now Warner Classics.
Blind since birth, Nobuyuki Tsujii was joint Gold Medal winner at the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. An inspirational musician with a formidable technique and a natural gift for pianistic colour, he has earned international recognition in recent years for the excitement of his live performances. Recent engagements have included the “unparalleled excitement” (The Observer) of his BBC Proms/Royal Albert Hall debut, and appearances with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and La Scala Philharmonic under Valery Gergiev.
Noriko Ogawa has achieved considerable renown throughout the world since her success at the Leeds International Piano Competition. Noriko’s “ravishingly poetic playing” (Telegraph) sets her apart from her contemporaries and acclaim for her complete Debussy series with BIS Records (“If you like your Debussy to sound like the musical equivalent of a chilled white wine, Noriko Ogawa is the pianist for you” Roger Vignoles, BBC Radio 3, CD Review), confirms her as a fine Debussy specialist.
Solo, acc & repetiteur.
4 Hill Street, Strathmiglo, Cupar, KY14 7QY
The Latvian pianist Olga Jegunova makes every performance fresh and compelling. She possesses a remarkable musical imagination combined with a seriousness of purpose and discipline. Her repertoire ranges from Bach to Schnittke and includes much contemporary repertoire, not least some new works composed especially for her. As well as solo piano performances Olga enjoys chamber music and working with other artists such as the story teller Jan Blake, to produce Peter and the Wolf for children. Olga offers piano lessons to students of all abilities.
Acclaimed by Classical Source in a Wigmore Hall review as ‘a supremely delicate master of her instrument’ who possesses ‘an extraordinary presence’, Belarus-born Olga Stezhko is an award-winning pianist who has performed worldwide from Barbican Hall to Salle Cortot to Carnegie Hall. Her album ‘Eta Carinae’ was hailed by the Gramophone as ‘an outstanding debut’ and her all-Debussy album ‘Et la lune descend’ received critical praise from the BBC Music Magazine, the Arts Desk and International Piano. Olga completed Bachelor's and Master’s degrees with distinction at the Royal Academy of Music .
