Andrey Gugnin piano

Dive into four days of spellbinding classical music at the Absolute Classics Festival, running from 3–6 July 2025 at Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries.

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Programme
Thchaikovsky/Pletnev Nutcracker Suite for Solo Piano
Stravinsky Petrushka 3 movements
Interval
Thchaikovsky/Pletnev Sleeping Beauty Suite for Solo Piano
Stravinsky/Agosti Infernal Dance, Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird

Moscow-born concert pianist Andrey Gugnin is rapidly gaining international acclaim as a passionately virtuosic performer, who possesses an ‘extraordinarily versatile and agile technique, which serves an often inspired musical imagination’ (Gramophone). In 2020, the BBC Music Magazine Awards named Andrey the winner of the Instru- mental category for his recording of Shostakovich preludes and piano sonatas on Hyperion Records. Since winning the prestigious Sydney International Piano Competition in 2016, Andrey has gone from strength to strength in concerts and recordings which exhibit his impassioned interpretations.

In demand as a concert soloist, Andrey has been invited to perform as a guest artist with notable orchestras across the globe, such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Andrey has performed on some of the most prestigious stages in the world, including the Musikverein in Vienna, Konzerthaus Berlin, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Carnegie Hall in New York, Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Sydney Opera House, the Grand Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory, Mariinsky Concert Hall, the Louvre in Paris, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. Andrey has also appeared at a number of international festivals, including the Verbier, Ruhr Piano, Mariinsky International, Dubrovnik Summer, Ohrid Summer and International Chopin festivals.

a man sitting in a chair with a grand piano behind him

Date

Sunday 6th July 2025

Time

2.30pm

Location

Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries, DG1 4TA

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