Yury Favorin

Yury Favorin (; born December 17, 1986, in Moscow) is a Russian pianist.

Life and career

Yury Favorin studied in Moscow at the Gnesins High School of Music. In 2004-2009 he studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with professor M.S. Voskresensky.

He took part at the Academy of the Festival Verbier (Switzerland, 2011), and the International Holland Music Sessions (TIHMS) (The Netherlands, 2011).

Prizes

• The 1st Nikolay Rubinstein Competition for Young Pianists (Moscow), 1st prize (Moscow, 2001)
• Gyorgy Cziffra Foundation, 1st prize (Wien, Austria, 2003)
• Andrey Petrov All-Russia Prize for Young Composers (“Crystal Tuning Fork”)

CDs

• Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium. Piano 2010. 3 CDs + Encore:

CD 1 — F. Liszt. Concerto n. 1 in E flat major

CD 2 — J.-L. Fafchamps. Back to the Sound

Encore — F. Schubert. Sonata in E flat major D 568

• Anthology of the Russian Piano Music. Vol. 1 (1917–1991)

CD 1: Nikolay Myaskovsky. Sonata no. 3, op. 19 (1920) ("Kapellmeister", studio-recording 2010)

• Nikolay Medtner: Complete Piano Sonatas. In 4 CDs

CD 4: Sonata e-moll "Night Wind", op. 25 no. 2 (Moscow State Conservatory, live 2009)

• Franz Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Muso Label, 2013)

• It Don’t Mean a Thing (with Alexei Sysoyev and Konstantin Sukhan, Creative Sources, 2014)

• Alexei Sysoyev: Selene (2 CD, Fancy Music, 2015)

• Prokofiev, Popov, Shostakovich, Rebikov, Feinberg (Melodiya, 2016)

• Sergei Prokofiev, 2 violin sonatas, 5 melodies (with Aylen Pritchin, Melodiya, 2017)

• Charles-Valentin Alkan: Piano works (Muso Label, 2017)

• Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage (Live, 3 CD, Melodiya, 2021)

• Sound Review 3: Boris Tishchenko, Nikolai Sidelnikov (Melodiya, 2022)

• Sergei Prokofiev, 6th Piano Sonata (Meshina Records, 2025)

• Gennady Banshchikov, 5 Piano Sonatas (Melodiya, 2025)

References

• Olivier Messiaen Competition
• Queen Elisabeth Music Competition
• Marc-André Hamelin. Two Etudes from the «Twelve Etudes in Minor Keys»
• Tichon Khrennikov. Concerto №2, 3rd mov. Gala Concert from International Yampolsky Violin Competition 2008 (violin & piano)
• Franz Schubert. Sonate in E D 568 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (piano). Semi-Final (Recital May 10, 2010)
• Franz Liszt. Concerto no. 1 in Es Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (piano). Final (May 24, 2010)

External links

• Official website