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STANISLAV BUNIN
Stanislav
Bunin was born in Moscow into an established European musical family.
He is a descendant of both Heinrich Neuhaus, the founder of the Soviet
piano school, and the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski. From 1973 to
1988 he studied at the Central School of Music and the Tchaikovsky
Conservatory in Moscow. In 1983, at the age of 17, he won the first
prize in the Concours International Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud in
Paris. In 1985, after a series of prizes, he won first prize and the
gold medal in the 11th International Frédéric Chopin Competition in
Warsaw. Since 1988 Bunin has also been on the council of the
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In 1988 Bunin left the Soviet Union (as it was then) and now resides in
Germany and Japan, where he has been particularly active in musical and
academic life. Between 1986 and 1996 he gave more than 300 concerts and
recitals in over 100 Japanese cities. In 1992, he founded "The Art of
the Piano" at the largest private music college in Japan, Senzoku
Gakuen in Kawasaki where he taught between 1991 - 1997.
In addition to his activities in Japan, Bunin regularly visits Vienna,
Salzburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Milan, Rome, Paris, Zurich, Geneva,
London, Stockholm, Amsterdam, and the U.S.A. He has appeared as a
soloist with many orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Munich
Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, London Philharmonic
orchestras, Orchestre National de France and the Orchestra Filarmonia
della Scala. He has worked in partnership with such prominent
conductors as Zinman, Pr?tre, Krenz, Kord, Gelmetti, Welser-Möst,
Sinopoli and Thielemann, with whom Bunin collaborated on a memorable
performance of Chopin's Second Piano Concerto in F minor with the
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in June 1996.
He has appeared with many chamber orchestras and in particular has
collaborated with I Solisti Veneti and Claudio Scimone. In 1990 his
recording with this orchestra of Mozart's Piano Concertos K414 and
K415, on Toshiba-EMI, received the Best-Selling Golden Disc award in
Japan.
Since 1996 Bunin has made a large number of CDs and videos, including
high definition television recordings for a number of different record
companies including DGG, CBS-Sony and Toshiba-EMI. In 1987 he recorded
a Chopin CD with RCA-Victor Musical Industries which was awarded the
Japan Grand Prix. His 1990 Toshiba-EMI J.S.Bach Recital recording was
nominated the Best Album of the Year and awarded a Golden Disc in Japan.
During 1999 Bunin devoted his attention to the music of Chopin with
many recitals in Italy, France, South Korea, Germany, Japan and Poland.
In December 1999 he was awarded the Viotti d'Oro prize for his
performances in Italy. Throughout 2000 - 2002 Bunin continued his
Chopin cycles with performances in London, Tokyo and other cities in
Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Germany and France.
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