Sergey Tanin
Russian pianist
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Sergey Tanin (born 27 June 1995[1]) is a Russian pianist. He has performed with leading symphony orchestras, including the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under Christian Zacharias, the Bamberger Symphoniker under Jakub Hruša; and won several awards such as the Concours Reine Elisabeth (2025), and the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich (2018).
Biography
After starting his musical education in Yakutia and continuing it at the central music school of Moscow he became a student of Irina Plotnikova at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.[2] In 2019, he moved to Switzerland[3] where he continued his studies with Claudio Martinez Mehner at the Musikakademie Basel.[4] Currently, he continues his education with Anna Vinnitskaya[5] during a soloist program at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and lives in Switzerland.[6]
He is a prize winner at prestigious competitions such as the Concours Reine Elisabeth 2025[7] playing Prokofiev's 3rd piano concerto,[8] the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich 2018 (including the audience award),[9] the Bremen piano competition in 2016[10] or the Kissinger Klavierolymp 2020 (including the audience award).[11][12] He shared the stage with conductors like Christian Zacharias[9] or Jakub Hrůša or chamber music partners like Michael Barenboim or Esther Hoppe.[13] He played in renowned concert halls such as the Tonhalle Zürich,[14] the Stadtcasino Basel,[15] the Salle Gaveau[16] in Paris, the Bozar in Brussels[8] or the great hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory[2] and many international festivals such as the Musikdorf Ernen,[17] musicaAndeer[18] or the Festival of Cervo.[19]
Discography
- Brahms / Schubert-Liszt / Prokofiev (Prospero, 2021): With the first piano sonata of Johannes Brahms, transcriptions of Schubert songs by Franz Liszt as well as Sergei Prokofiev's piano pieces op. 12.[20][21]
- Rachmaninoff: 6 Moments Musicaux (Prospero, 2023): Sergei Rachmaninoff's op. 16 played on Rachmaninoff's original Steinway grand piano.[22]
- Sergey Tanin plays Schumann (Prospero, 2024): With Davidsbündlertänze op. 6, Toccata op. 7, Arabeske op. 18 and Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26, all by Robert Schumann.[23][24][25]