DaniilTrifonov

Hailed by the Guardian as "a phenomenon", Grammy Award-winning pianist Daniil Trifonov has made a spectacular ascent of the classical music world as a solo artist, champion of the concerto repertoire, chamber and vocal collaborator, and composer. 

The 2023/24 season saw performances of both Brahms Piano Concertos with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Schumann’s Concerto with the New York Philharmonic, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 with the Orchestre de Paris; Mason Bates’ Concerto (a work composed for the pianist during the pandemic) with the Chicago Symphony and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and both Gershwin and Rachmaninov concertos with the Philadelphia Orchestra, at home and on a tour in Europe. In recital, he embarked on a high-profile European tour with cellist Gautier Capuçon, and his solo program, including Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata, thrilled audiences worldwide.

Since making solo recital debuts at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Musikverein Wien, Suntory Hall, and Salle Pleyel over a decade ago, Daniil has given solo recitals at venues including Boston’s Celebrity Series, Barbican Centre, Royal Festival and Queen Elizabeth Halls, Concertgebouw Amsterdam (Master Piano Series), Philharmonie Berlin, Herkulessaal Munich, Tonhalle Zurich, the Lucerne Piano Festival, Palais des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Palau de la Música, Tokyo’s Opera City, Seoul Arts Center, and Melbourne’s Recital Centre.

In March 2024, Deutsche Grammophon released Rachmaninoff for Two with Sergei Babayan as his partner. For his 2021 release Bach: The Art of Life, featuring Bach's masterpiece The Art of Fugue as completed by Daniil himself, he received his sixth Grammy nomination. An accompanying music video, in which he performs his own completion of The Art of Fugue's final contrapunctus, was honoured with the 2022 Opus Klassik Public Award. Daniil also received Opus Klassik's 2021 Instrumentalist of the Year/Piano Award for Silver Age, his album of Russian solo and orchestral piano music by Scriabin, Prokofiev and Stravinsky.