Andrey Gugnin

The Sydney International Piano Competition has, from its inception, held events at the highest international level inspiring pianists and audiences alike and stimulating interest in the piano and music in general. It has provided a showcase platform for outstanding pianists from all over the world and assisted with the development of their careers as concert artists.

The winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, Andrey Gugnin, brings the competition to Forbes on July 21.

Mr Gugnin is the winner of the Ernest Hutcheson First Prize of the 2016 Competition. He is also the winner of the Eileen Joyce Best Overall Concerto Prize, the Miriam Hyde Best 19th or 20th Century Concerto Prize, the Hephzibah Menuhin Best Violin and Piano Sonata Prize and the Roger Smalley Best Preliminaries Round 1 Recital Prize. In addition, as part of his first prize, he received concerto performances with Maestro Valery Gergiev in the 2016/2017 Contemporary Piano Faces Mariinsky International Piano Festival St Petersburg, a concerto engagement with the London Philarmonic Orchestra in 2018, a CD recording for Hyperion Records, recitals in Konzerte im Thümer-saal Bochum Germany 2017, the Bard Music Festival in New York State and Newport Festival Rhode Island 2017 along with recitals and orchestra engagements in Australian cities in 2016 and 2017.