Praised as a “powerhouse of a player,” (Limelight Magazine) pianist Sergey Belyavsky is known for his vast and diverse repertoire, with an emphasis on compositions from the 19th and 20th centuries. He is described as demonstrating “an extraordinary expressive intelligence,” (Bachtrack) and has been called “one of the best pianists in the world today.” 

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Sergey received widespread recognition after winning prizes in more than thirty international piano competitions, including the Gina Bachauer Competition, the Budapest Liszt Competition, the Liszt Utrecht, the Maria Canals Competition, the Sydney International Piano Competition, Premi Iturbi, Paderewski-Bydgoszcz Competition and the Santa Cecília International Piano Competition. Most recently, he was awarded second prize and the audience prize at the 76th Concours de Genève as well as first prize at the 1st Malaga City International Piano Competition.

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He has performed as a soloist in such venues as Victoria Concert Hall (Geneva), Abravanel Hall (Salt Lake City), Gewandhaus (Leipzig), Carnegie Hall (New York City), Sala Suggia at Casa da Música (Porto), Bass Performance Hall (Fort Worth), the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts (Kansas City), Salle Gaveau (Paris), Henri Le Boeuf Hall BOZAR (Brussels), Palau de la Música Catalana and L'Auditori (Barcelona), TivoliVredenburg (Utrecht), Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Tchaikovsky Philharmonic Hall (Moscow), Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, Keimyung Arts Center (Daegu), Sydney Conservatory of Music, and the Grand Hall at the Liszt Academy (Budapest), among many others.

 

Concerto highlights include appearances with internationally acclaimed orchestras such as the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Daegu Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfonica del Valles, Israel Sinfonietta Beer-Sheva, Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, and Philharmonie der Nationen, and Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

Sergey is currently pursuing a Soloklasse diploma at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Arie Vardi. Prior, he studied with Stanislav Ioudenitch, Gold Medalist of the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, at Park University in Kansas City, Missouri. Previously, he graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of world-famous concert pianist Eliso Virsaladze, followed by studies with Lev Natochenny, Gold Medalist of the 1981 Busoni International Piano Competition. His present and past mentors have also included William Grant Naboré and Marian Rybicki.

 

Belyavsky has released four solo CDs, most recently of Schubert and Liszt’s music, called “The Wanderer” on the KNS Classical label.

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“With his full and powerful sound, he takes the music into his control and hits the mark with the tension, relief and diversity of characters he draws from it.” (Concertclassic.com)

 

“He offers sonorities of a surprising diversity and complementarity, combined with finesse and precision.” (Bachtrack)

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