Biography
‘…In Rachmaninov’s Preludes (op.32) Denis Ivanov succeeded to align all the musicality in between prudent and careful sonority, poetically dreamy moods, the wild outburst of unrestrained power and utter pathos. This has been the success of a genuine master acknowledged by a stormy applause and sweetened by Chopin’s sentimental Nocturne…’ (Sachsische Zeitung)
Denis Ivanov was born in 1976 in St. Petersburg. He graduated from State Rimski-Korsakov Conservatory of Music (class of professor Eduard Bazanov). Later he continued his music education at the Carl Maria von Weber Higher School of Music (Hochschule fur Musik “Carl Maria von Weber” Dresden, class of professor Detlef Keiser).
Denis is winner and holder of diplomas of national and international piano competitions:
2008:
1st Prize and Prize of Schott Publishers at the International Music Competition of France (Concours musical de France) in Paris
2005:
1st Prize and Special Prize for Best Interpretation of a Composition by a Contemporary Austrian Composer at FLAME International Music Competition (Paris)
2001:
2nd Prize at Rachmaninov Open Music Competition in St.Petersburg
Diploma of the International Dmitry Shostakovich Music Competition in St. Petersburg
Diploma of the International Nikolai Rubinstein Music Competition in Moscow
Denis is a constant participant of various music festivals, including Concerti del Tempietto in Rome, Moulin d’Ande in Normandy, Schwabischer Musiksommer in Augsburgh and other, where he performs both as a solo performer, as an artist of chamber ensembles and with orchestras, including the Youth Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg), and “Sinfonietta” (Dresden).
Denis Ivanov frequently tours Russia, Europe and Japan with concerts.