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The Belarusian pianist, Kirill Kozlovski [Kiril Kozlovsky], studied the piano at the Belarusian State Academy of Music with Irina Semenyako; and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki with Matti Raekallio, Hamsa al-Wadi Juris, Ilmo Ranta and Eero Heinonen, obtaining a Master’s degree from the latter in spring 2005. He then continued his studies at Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien with Professor Avo Kouyoumdjian (2004-2008); and in autumn 2010 entered the Sibelius Academy’s DocMus department. He has also attended master-classes with Dmitri Bashkirov, Péter Nagy, Ivari Ilja, Ralf Gothóni, András Schiff and others. A laureate of both national and international piano competitions, he was awarded 1st Prize at the 2nd International Piano Competition of the Chopin Centre in Paris (1998); 1st Prize at the 7th “Ciutat de Mallorca” International Piano Competition in Spain (2003); 1st Prize at the Jyväskylä Piano Competition in Finland (2004). He also was Finland Festival’s 2005 “Young Artist of the Year”,.
Kirill Kozlovski has given solo recitals and been a member of chamber ensembles at many international festivals in France, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Estonia, Spain and elsewhere. He has also given solo recitals in Finland and the other Nordic countries. As a soloist he has performed with Minsk Chamber Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Oulu Sinfonia a.o. He also makes regular appearances as a Lied pianist both in Finland and abroad. |
