Katya Apekisheva
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Born in Moscow into a family of musicians, Katya attended the Gnessin Music School for exceptionally gifted children, making her stage debut at the age of 12. She continued her studies in Jerusalem at the Rubin Music Academy and later at the Royal College of Music in London. From these auspicious beginnings she went on to be a prize-winner at the Leeds International Piano Competition and has enjoyed a career performing with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors.
As a recording artist, Katya has received widespread critical acclaim for her interpretations, including Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice, International Piano Magazine’s Critic’s Choice, Classic FM’s CD of the week and a Classical Brit. Her discography includes solo and chamber works by Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Dvorak and Rachmaninov.
Recent and future highlights include performances in Russia, Norway, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Australia, and at home in the UK at the Bath Mozart Fest, St George’s Bristol and the prestigious Wigmore Hall, where she is a regular presence.
Her intense artistry and delicacy make Katya a most sought-after collaborative pianist, working with artists such as Janine Jansen, Natalie Clein, Guy Johnston, Maxim Rysanov, Jack Liebeck, Boris Brovtsyn, Alexei Ogrinchouk and Nicholas Daniel and she appears regularly at major chamber music festivals around the world. Katya also has a highly successful and personally rewarding piano duo partnership with Charles Owen, performing regularly at festivals worldwide. Together they are co-Artistic Directors of the London Piano Festival which began in 2016.
