Jury

Professor at Moscow Conservatory, Professor of Piano at Boston University

Being one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation in Russia, Pavel Nersessian is known for his ability to play equally convincing in the whole palette of the piano repertoire. He has won prizes in every piano competition he has entered, including Beethoven Competition in Vienna in 1985, Paloma O’Shea Competition in Santander and Tokyo Competition.
He was a student of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Prof. S. Dorensky. Upon graduating from the Conservatory in 1987 with maximum marks – a rare distinction – he was proposed to teach there. He is professor there now.
He has been touring around Russia and surrounding states from the age of eight and, since his remarkable successes in international competitions, has on several occasions given performances in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Cannes, Leipzig, Vienna, Budapest, Madrid, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Dublin, Muenchen, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Belgrade, Cairo, Kiev and many others.
He has recorded numerous disks with compositions of Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Shostakovich etc.
He gave masterclasses in the USA, Russia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Korea, Brazil and Japan.
In 2005 he became a merited artist of the Russian Federation.
He was invited to be a jury member in many international piano competitions such as Dublin (Ireland), Jose Iturbi Valencia (Spain), Sendai (Japan), Isang Yun (Korea), Astana (Kazakhstan), Almaty piano competition (Kazakhstan), Hamamatsu (Japan), Barcelona Maria Canals (Spain).
He has been teaching in Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire since 1987. His assistance in professor Dorensky's studio has been highly successful and acclaimed. In 2013 he became a professor of piano in Boston University.