About

Daniil Trifonov, born in Nizhniy Novgorod in 1991, has been studying music from the age of five. He studied at Moscow Gnesin School of Music, in class of Tatiana Zelikman (2000-2009). Since 2009 he studies at Cleveland Institute of Music in class of Sergei Babayan.

Daniil is a Prize Winner of the Moscow Artobolevskaya Competition for Young Pianists (First Prize, Moscow, 1999), International Competition memory of Mendelssohn (First Prize, Moscow, 2003), Nutcracker International Television Contest for Young Musicians (Grand Prize, Moscow, 2003), the Chamber Ensembles Festival “The Return”( Moscow, 2005, 2007), the Romantic Music Festival for Young Musicians(Moscow, 2006), the Fifth International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (Third Prize, Beijing, 2006), the Fourth International Scriabin Competition (Fifth Prize, Moscow, 2008) and III International Piano Competition of the Republic of San Marino (1st Prize and Special Prize “Republic of San Marino 2008” for the best interpretation of Chick Corea’s composition).

Daniil has performed in Russia, Germany, Austria, China, Italy, Canada, UK, USA and Israel. As a winner of Guzik Foundation Career Grant, Daniil Trifonov toured the U.S. (included his Carnegie Hall debut – New York, May 2009).

In the year 2010 he performed in such prestigious venues as Auditorium di Milano (Milan, Italy), Teatro la Fenice (Venice, Italy) and also Rathausplatz (Vienna City Hall square, Austria) where Daniil represented Russia on Eurovision Young Musicians Competition 2010 and was awarded 3rd Prize.

He has been playing with the Republic of San Marino Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Nizhniy Novgorod Philharmonic Orchestra, Yaroslavl Philharmonic Orchestra, Siberian Symphonic Orchestra, “Musica Viva” Chamber Orchestras, “Gnessin's Virtuosi” Chamber Orchestras, and others.

Daniil has performed at such music festivals as Rheingau (Germany), Crescendo (Russia), New Names (Russia), Arpeggione (Austria), Musica in Villa (Italy), Dame Myra Hess Series (USA), the International Festival Institute at Round Top (USA), Santo Stefano (Italy), Rimini Meeting (Italy), Brighton Festival (UK), Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival, Austria).

He has made different recordings for Television (Channel One (Russia), Kultura TV Channel (Russia), Nizhny Novgorod TV (Russia), San Marino TV), Radio (Radio Russia, WFMT Radio (Chicago, USA), KUHF Radio (Houston, USA) and Record Labels (Classical Records (Russia), Zvuk Agency (Russia).

He has been a Guzik Foundation Award Winner, a recipient of the Yuri Rozum International Charity Foundation Scholarship, the Scriabin Scholarship, the “New Names” Scholarship, the “Young Talents of Russia” Foundation Scholarship.

Daniil has taken master-classes from pianists Naum Shtarkman (UNESCO International courses “New Names” – XII Summer Art School in Suzdal – Russia, 2004), Dmitry Bashkirov, Emanuel Krasovsky (Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes – Izrael, 2009). He is a winner of the Pnina Salzman Memorial Prize on Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes.

From 2006 to 2009 Daniil also studied in the class of composition with Dovgan V. B and writes music for piano and orchestra.