Andrei Pisarev

The Head of the Piano Faculty at the Moscow State Conservatoire, 1st Prize winner at Mozart, Rachmaninov & Unisa Transinet Competitions 

Andrei Pisarev 

“His performance cannot be forgotten. …The pianist presented such impressive music, that is rarely heard. The fact that his playing is distinguished for virtuosity - is of no doubt. Because that is the basis for transparent sounding of music by Debussy, Liszt, Chopin and Kreisler/Rachmaninoff. His performance was really transparent. The sounds of Sonata by Scarlatti sparkled like clear radiant water drops. The "Suite Bergamasque" by Debussy sounded as a canvass painted with clear bright colours.” - "Westdeutsche Algemeine Zeitung" 


In 1991, in the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg, a young Russian pianist won Grand Prize - which was the first time since 1956 that Grand Prize had been awarded in this competition. It was Andrei Pisarev. On October 10 2006 the reviewer Gunilla Boström wrote in Swedish newspaper “Helsingborgs Dagblad”: “In April 2004 I believed that Andrei Pisarev was the best pianist I have ever heard, and this opinion remains after his recital… The expression “World pianist” is not an exaggeration regarding him…“ Besides Mozart Competition Andrei Pisarev won 1st Prize in the Rachmaninoff Piano Competition (Moscow 1983) as well as 1st Prize in the UNISA TRANSNET International Piano Competition and Special Prizes for the best performances of a classical sonata and a Mozart Concerto (Pretoria 1992). Critics wrote after Mr. Pisarevs solo recital at one of the Europe most prestigious concert halls – Gewandhous in Leipzig: "… his thoroughly unquestionable and irreprehensible technical accomplishment and imaginative interpretations, which amply tell the story of the brilliant Lisztion piano in its epic moments, or that of Schumannesque intimist in the idyllic ones. The magic of his artistic sensibility and the euphoric atmosphere of the whole concert hall. His playing remarkable for its composure as for its complete pianistic command. The faultless proportions, the air of rapt simplicity, the perfect sense of balance and phrase were often breathtaking." 
Moscow prize winner in the field of literature and art for active concert activity (1999). Prize winner of S. V. Rakhmaninov (Moscow, 1983, I award), V. A. Mozart international contest (Saltsburg, 1991, I award), F. Busoni and Boltsano international competition (IV award and special prize for the best performance of works of V. A. Mozart, 1992), international competition in Pretoria (1992, I award). All those competitions opened doors of the most prestigious concert halls for the artist and brought engagements from the Words best symphony orchestras, such as Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, RAI Orchestra Milan, Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Pisarev is a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory and he has also held master-classes in Japan, USA and Yugoslavia. Since 1992 – assistant professor S.L. Dorensky. His student repeatedly became laureates and winners of international competitions. He is often invited to give master classes in Russia, Japan, Yugoslavia, USA, Brazil. Mr. Pisarev has wide repertoire and feels equally at home when he performs Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Prokofiev, Shostakovich. Pisarev was performed with famous orchestra, such as: Russian National Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of Radio and TV of Milan, Japanese Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestras of Philharmonic of Petrozavodsk, Voronezh, Minsk, Belgrad, Bazel, Capetown, Durban, Johannesburg, Malmo, Oulu, Rostov-on-Don and etc. cooperating with conductors such as: V. Verbitsky, V. Dudarov, P. Yadikh, O. Soldatov, L. Nikolaev, A. Chisyakov, S. Kogan, A. Boreiko, N. Alekseev. Since 1991, Pisarev has been regularly performing abroad: Austria, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, USA, Brazil, Japan, Costa-Rika, Spain, Ireland, UAE, South Korea, Poland and Bulgaria, repeatedly participating in S. V. Rakhmaninov festivals, dedicated to art (Rostov-on-Don, Tambov, Kharkov, Great Novgorod) and music rooms organized by the people’s artist of USSR I. K. Arkhilova. Often performs with K. Rodnu, P. Nersesyan, A. Bruni, V. Igolinsky and others. Participated as a member of jury of international competitions in Great Novgorod (S. V. Rakhmaninov Youth Contest, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2010) in Salt-Lake-City (USA, named after J. Bakhauer, 2002, 2003 and etc.), in Tokyo, (2003), in Bucharest (Rumania, named after G. Enesk, 2011), in Pretoria (UAE, 2012) in Hamamatsu (Japan, 2012).