The recipient of the Silver Medal at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig 2010, Russian-born German pianist Stepan Simonian has performed as a guest artist at some of the most prestigious festivals and concert venues throughout Europe, including Bachfest Leipzig; international piano festivals La Roque d’Anthéron and Piano aux Jacobins in France; the Martha Argerich Festival in Germany; Mosel Music Festival; the ProArte concert series in Hamburg; Pro Musica Hannover; Alte Oper Frankfurt; Konzerthaus Berlin and the Prinzregententheater in Munich.

He has appeared as a soloist with the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Kirov Ballet Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia and Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz.

Simonian’s performances have been broadcast by a number of television and radio stations in Germany and Radio France, and his debut album of J.S. Bach’s complete Toccatas for Keyboard was highly critically acclaimed.

Simonian studied in Moscow and Hamburg, and since 2009 has worked as a tenure professor at his alma mater, the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, where he lectures in solo piano performance.

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