Yulianna Avdeeva

Piano

"Avdeeva’s Chopin Fantaisie is polished, scrupulously blended in tone and intelligent in its articulation: playing of considerable poise and taste, which certainly never uses the music as the vehicle for an inflated ego. If she takes time in places, it is always in the interests of those musical values, not in order to indulge or impress."
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A pianist of fiery temperament and virtuosity, Yulianna Avdeeva is the Gold Medalist of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition which launched her to international fame for “consistently [leading] the field in terms of sheer passion and musicianship, not to mention technical security,” and for her “spontaneous and volatile” performances, “full of depth and colour” (The Telegraph).
Yulianna plays with power, conviction, and sensibility, winning over audiences all over the world.
A favorite artist in Europe, Yulianna has recurring concert engagements at the Warsaw Philharmonic, Rudolfinum in Prague, Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, and Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. She recently performed recital debuts at the Salzburg and Gstaad festivals, and at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.

Highlights of Yulianna’s 2025-26 season include a recital tour to Korea and China; the “Chopin and his Europe Festival” in Warsaw; recital debuts at Musikverein Vienna, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, La Jolla Music Society, Philip Lorenz International Keyboard Concerts, Houston’s DACAMERA series, Festival de Tannay, in Switzerland, Società del Quartetto di Milano, and Music Center De Bijloke, in Belgium. She also returns to Círculo de Bellas Artes, in Madrid, for a full performance of Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, and to the Rudolf Firkušný Piano Festival, in Prague, for a solo recital of excerpts from Op. 87 at the Rudolfinum.
„The sensational performance by pianist Yulianna Avdeeva was unmistakable. (...) Prokofiev 2 needed and found in her a fearless, sovereign interpreter with steady nerves and even steadier fingers, (...)”Hamburger Abendblatt, December 2022
Yulianna’s 2024-25 season included a Carnegie Hall re-engagement, after her sold-out recital debut in 2023; she returned with a program of Chopin and Liszt, which she also played in Spain, Germany, the U.S., France, Austria and Italy. She also performed with the New York Philharmonic at Bravo! Vail Music Festival; made her Celebrity Series of Boston debut; gave a recital at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival; and several concerts at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival.

In partnership with the Boston Symphony, the Gewandhaus Orchestra created a Festival marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Shostakovich, which featured Yulianna in performances of the entire Op. 87 in spring 2025. Besides the Gewandhaus, she performed the cycle at Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin; Palau de la Música in Barcelona; Saitama Arts Center, in Tokyo; Festival de Lanaudière, in Quebec; National Centre for the Performing Arts, in Beijing; Ostrava, in the Czech Republic; and Seon, in Switzerland, among others. She made her debut with the Chicago Symphony in the 2023-24 season.

Yulianna recently released three albums on PENTATONE: Resilience (2023); Chopin: Voyage (2024); and a complete recording of Shostakovich’s Op. 87 (2025). Her recordings of the Chopin concertos with the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and Frans Brüggen (2013); three solo albums featuring works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, and Prokofiev (2014, 2016, 2017); collaboration with Gidon Kremer in Weinberg’s chamber music (2017 and 2019); and Deutsche Grammophon solo recording (2015) are a formidable record of her art.

In 2025 Yulianna launched the online project #AvdeevaShostakovichProject, discussing and playing each of the 24 Preludes and Fugues. The project accompanied #YuliannasMusicalDialogues, an open space for her followers to share their passion for music. Piano aficionados also enjoyed Yulianna’s online educational project #AvdeevaBachProject, which she offered throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, gaining over half a million views. avdeevapiano.com.

2025/2026
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Contacts: Lenemarie Leukefeld, Muriel Constantin

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Programme

2027 / 2028

You’ll find the current programmes in the IMPRESARIUM of the 27/28 season

Schedule

21/07/2026
22:30 h
Kollegienkirche
Salzburg, Austria
Amandine Beyer, Yulianna Avdeeva, Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
15/08/2026
20:00 h
DWOREK CHOPINA, Chopin Manor
Duszniki-Zdroj, Poland
Yulianna Avdeeva
24/08/2026
20:00 h
Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Yulianna Avdeeva, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Tianyi Lu
28/08/2026
17:30 h
Tippet Rise Art Center
Fishtail, United States
Yulianna Avdeeva
31/08/2026
20:00 h
Eglise Saint Vincent
Urrugne, France
Yulianna Avdeeva
02/09/2026
19:30 h
Schloss Gödens (Rottersaal)
Bremen/ Sande-Gödens, Germany
Yulianna Avdeeva
18/09/2026
20:00 h
Kölner Philharmonie
Köln, Germany
Yulianna Avdeeva, Marie Jacquot, WDR Sinfonieorchester
01/10/2026
20:00 h
Alte Oper Frankfurt, Mozartsaal
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Yulianna Avdeeva
17/10/2026
17:30 h
Yulianna Avdeeva, Gabriel Bebeselea, Franz Schubert Filharmonia
21/10/2026
19:30 h
Stadthaus, Konzertsaal
Winterthur, Switzerland
Yulianna Avdeeva, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Roberto González-Monjas
22/10/2026
19:30 h
Stadthaus, Konzertsaal
Winterthur, Switzerland
Yulianna Avdeeva, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Roberto González-Monjas
29/10/2026
20:00 h
La Grande Théâtre du Jura
Delémont, Switzerland
Yulianna Avdeeva
02/11/2026
19:30 h
Yulianna Avdeeva, Vadim Gluzman
03/11/2026
19:30 h
Quatuor Modigliani, Yulianna Avdeeva
03/11/2026
19:30 h
Yulianna Avdeeva, Quatuor Modigliani
05/11/2026
19:30 h
Pierre Boulez Saal
Berlin, Germany
Yulianna Avdeeva
10/11/2026
20:15 h
Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Quatuor Modigliani, Yulianna Avdeeva
10/11/2026
20:15 h
Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Yulianna Avdeeva, Quatuor Modigliani
12/11/2026
19:30 h
Konzerthaus Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Yulianna Avdeeva
13/12/2026
11:00 h
Yulianna Avdeeva, Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck, Stefan Vladar
14/12/2026
19:30 h
Yulianna Avdeeva, Philharmonisches Orchester der Hansestadt Lübeck, Stefan Vladar
20/02/2027
19:30 h
Tauberphilharmonie
Weikersheim, Germany

Discography

Shostakovich
Preludes & Fugues Op. 87


Resilience

Music by Szpilman, Shostakovich, Weinberg and Prokofiev

Mieczysław Weinberg

Chamber Music with Gidon Kremer and Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė

Johann Sebastian Bach

English Suite No. 2
Toccata BWV 912
Overture BWV 831

Mieczysław Weinberg

Piano Quintett with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica

Chopin • Mozart • Liszt

Chopin: Fantaisie Op.49
Mozart: Piano Sonata K284
Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante
Liszt: Transcription of the Danza Sacrée from Verdi’s Aida

Schubert • Prokofiev • Chopin

Schubert: Drei Klavierstücke D. 946
Prokofiev: Sonate pour piano no 7 Op. 83
Chopin: 24 préludes Op. 28

Frédéric Chopin

Chopin: Piano concertos 1 & 2 on a period instrument (Erard 1849) with Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century

Frédéric Chopin

Piano Concerto E minor
Sonata in B flat minor
Polonaise-Fantasy
Mazurkas

Videos

New Recording "Resilience"
Prokofjew: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Live from Alte Oper Frankfurt)
Liszt: Légende S. 175 No. 2 "St. Francois de Paule marchant sur le flots"
Interview in course of the celebration of Chopin's 213th birthday

Contact

Lenemarie Leukefeld
Senior Artist Manager
t: +49 (0)30 414 781 721
Muriel Constantin
Artist Coordinator
t: +49 (0)30 414 781 716