1. From 2009 to 2015, Daniil Trifonov studied with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music.
26 Facts About Daniil Trifonov
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In 2013, Daniil Trifonov signed a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon; his first album for the label, a live recording of his debut solo recital at Carnegie Hall, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo.
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Daniil Trifonov later won a Grammy in 2018 for an album of the complete transcendental etudes for piano by Franz Liszt.
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Daniil Trifonov's albums have appeared on international record chart rankings, with seven ranking on Billboard Top Classical Album charts.
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Daniil Trifonov was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Soviet Union, on 5 March 1991, the only child of a composer father and a music teacher mother.
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In 2000, the family moved to Moscow, and Daniil Trifonov began studying under Tatiana Zelikman at the Gnessin School of Music.
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Daniil Trifonov studied composition with Vladimir Dovgan from 2006 to 2009.
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In 2009, at the recommendation of Tatiana Zelikman, Daniil Trifonov commenced studies with Sergei Babayan at the Cleveland Institute of Music, receiving an Artist Certificate in 2013 and an Artist Diploma in 2015.
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In 2006, at the age of 15, Trifonov won third prize in the Moscow International F Chopin Competition for Young Pianists held in Beijing, China.
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At the age of 17, in 2008, Daniil Trifonov won fifth prize at the 4th International Scriabin Competition in Moscow, and first prize at the 3rd International Piano Competition of San Marino, where he received the special prize for the best performance of Chick Corea's composition "Afterthought".
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In 2010, Daniil Trifonov became a medalist of the distinguished XVI International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, where he won third prize and the special prize of Polish Radio for the best mazurka performance.
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In May 2011, Daniil Trifonov won the first prize at the XIII Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv, winning the Pnina Salzman Prize for the Best Performer of a Chopin piece, the prize for the Best Performer of Chamber Music and the Audience Favorite Prize.
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One of these concerts took place shortly after the Tchaikovsky competition, in July 2011: Daniil Trifonov played a recital in Mannes School of Music as part of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival.
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In 2012, some of Daniil Trifonov's debuts included appearances with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and recitals in Wigmore Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Longy School of Music of Bard College in Boston, the Musikverein in Vienna, and the Salle Pleyel in Paris.
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In February 2013, Daniil Trifonov made his recital debut at Carnegie Hall.
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In 2014, the Cleveland Institute of Music commissioned Daniil Trifonov to write a concerto for piano and orchestra.
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From 2014 to 2015, Daniil Trifonov performed the complete cycle of Rachmaninoff piano concertos and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the New York Philharmonic.
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In 2016, Daniil Trifonov released an album of the complete etudes for piano by Liszt.
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Daniil Trifonov was in 2016 awarded two British prestigious awards: Gramophone Classical Music Awards' Artist of the Year Award and Instrumentalist Award of the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards.
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In 2017 Daniil Trifonov was awarded one of the most significant awards in musical performance, the Herbert von Karajan Prize at the Salzburg Easter Festival.
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Daniil Trifonov was named Musical America's Artist of the Year for 2019.
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In 2013, Daniil Trifonov signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon.
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Daniil Trifonov was nominated for a Grammy in 2015 for his next album for DG, which included a recording of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin.
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In 2016, Daniil Trifonov recorded the complete piano etudes of Franz Liszt in his next album for DG, which was a major success.
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In 2016, Daniil Trifonov received the Gramophone Classical Music Awards' Artist of the Year Award.
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Daniil Trifonov's successes include appearances on international record chart rankings, including seven albums that have ranked on Billboard Top Classical Album charts.