About Daniil Trifonov

Born in Nizhniy Novgorod in 1991, Daniil Trifonov is one of the brightest names of the next generation of pianists. His reputation for outstanding performances, musical insight and expressive intensity has already surpassed the attention he received during the 2010/11 season when he won medals at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw (Third Prize), the Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv (First Prize) and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (First Prize and Grand Prix, an additional honour bestowed on the best overall competitor in any category). In 2013, he was also awarded the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist by Italy’s foremost music critics. Prior to that, Trifonov received awards at the Scriabin Competition of Moscow and at the San Marino International competition, and received a Guzik Foundation Career Grant in 2009. Daniil Trifonov began his musical studies at the age of five. He studied at Moscow Gnesin School of Music in the class of Tatiana Zelikman (2000-2009). From 2006 to 2009 he also studied composition and has continued to write piano, chamber and orchestral music since then. When he premiered his own piano concerto in spring 2014, the Cleveland Plain Dealer commented, “Even having seen it, one cannot quite believe it. Such is the artistry of pianist-composer Daniil Trifonov.” Since 2009, he has studied piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the class of Sergei Babayan. In February 2013, Deutsche Grammophon announced the signing of an exclusive recording agreement with Daniil Trifonov. October 2013 saw the release of Trifonov: The Carnegie Recital, his first recording as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist which has subsequently won a Grammy Award nomination. His next release for the label was Rachmaninov Variations in August 2015, featuring Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Trifonov's own composition Rachmaniana, published by Schott. His discography also includes a disc of Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 with Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra which was released on the Mariinsky label in 2012. His first CD was released on Decca in 2011, featuring a selection of Chopin solo works. © Intermusica Daniil Trifonov is represented by Intermusica in the UK and Ireland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Scandinavia and Australasia. He is represented by Opus 3 Artists in North and South America, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Baltic countries, Czech Republic and Hungary.