Described as an exhilarating performer with faultless technique and fearless command of the piano, Australian based pianist Konstantin Shamray enjoys a career of international repute.
In 2008, Konstantin burst onto the concert scene when he won First Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition. He is the first and only competitor to date in the 40 years of the competition to win both First and People’s Choice Prizes, in addition to six other prizes. He then went on to win First Prize at the 2011 Klavier Olympiade in Bad Kissingen, Germany, and, he was awarded the festival’s coveted Luitpold Prize for “outstanding musical achievements”.
In Australia recent and future highlights include engagements with the Sydney Symphony (with Umberto Clerici) West Australia Symphony (with Dmitri Matvienko) Dunedin Symphony (with Umberto Clerici) and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (with Andrew Litton) the latter of which he enjoys a special relationship with. Konstantin has also enjoyed highly successful consecutive season national tours with Musica Viva with players of ANAM directed by Sophie Rowell, and most recently with Avi Avital.
Chamber music plays a strong role in Konstantin’s musical career and collaborations include engagements with the Australian String Quartet, Richard Tognetti, Satu Vanska, Li-Wei Qin, Kristian Winther and Jeroens Berwaerts to name a few. He is a firm favourite at the Ukaria Cultural Centre appearing frequently each season. Konstantin is also a regular guest artist at the Adelaide Festival, the International Piano Series and the Melbourne Recital Centre.
Konstantin was recently appointed Senior Lecturer in Piano at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne.
Konstantin is the Music Director of Out West Piano Fest 2004. For more information click here