One of the most exciting new names in pianism, young Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov spectacularly won two of the world’s toughest piano competitions – Israel’s Arthur Rubinstein Competition and Russia’s Tchaikovsky Competition – within weeks of each other in 2011, confirming his glowing reputation as one of his generation’s most outstanding pianists.

Trifonov has been praised for his astonishing technical command, his overwhelming energy, and his total absorption in his music. He performs pieces by three of his compatriots – Scriabin’s rhapsodic Third Sonata, three of Medtner’s vividly descriptive Fairy Tales, and Guido Agosti’s dazzling, flamboyant arrangements of Stravinsky. Debussy’s Images and Chopin’s Etudes provide an opportunity for Trifonov to display his sensitivity and delicacy as well as his supreme technical skills.