Art and music Denis Kozhukhin

Born in Russia in 1986, Kozhukhin first learned to play the piano with his musician mother. A pupil of Dmitri Bashkirov and Claudio Martinez-Mehner at the Reina Sofia School of Music in Madrid, Kozhukhin completed his studies at the Piano Academy on Lake Como, then in Stuttgart with Kirill Gerstein.
Kozhukhin has played with several major international orchestras, including the Chicago, London and San Francisco Symphonies, the Israel, London and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestras, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. He is also a frequent guest at the Verbier, Gstaad, Grafenegg, Dresden, Intonations, Tsinandali, Klavier Ruhr, Lanaudiere and Jerusalem Festivals, as well as the BBC Proms. He also regularly accompanies talented musicians, notably the violinist Janine Jansen.
Last season, Kohzukhin celebrated the birthdays of Ligeti, Schönberg and Lutosawski with successful performances of their piano concertos. The pianist's recordings are available on the Pentatone label.

Programme:
Jörg Widmann (1973) Idyll und Abgrund
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Sonata in G Major D894
György Ligeti (1923-2006) Study ‘The Devil's Staircase
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Sonata in B minor