Denis Kozhukhin
About this Artist
A pianist of exceptional technique, emotional depth, and sophistication, Denis Kozhukhin has gained significant recognition through his powerful performances, establishing himself as one of the most accomplished musicians of his generation.
Highlights of the last two seasons include performances with the San Francisco Symphony, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Frankfurt’s hr-Sinfonieorchester, BBC Symphony, Orchestre National de Belgique, Danish National Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, and WDR Sinfonieorchester. He has worked with Rafael Payare, Alain Altinoglu, Cristian Mӑcelaru, Hannu Lintu, Dalia Stasevska, and Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
Kozhukhin’s 2023/24 season includes returns to the Oslo Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, National Symphony (Washington, D.C.), and Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona, alongside debuts with the Dallas Symphony, Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, and Melbourne Symphony. He also performs recitals and chamber music at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Elbphilharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Vienna’s Konzerthaus, and Zurich’s Tonhalle. Since winning the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2010, Kozhukhin has performed with the London Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and Staatskapelle Berlin. A sought-after recitalist and chamber musician, he regularly appears at prominent music festivals including Verbier, Gstaad, Grafenegg, Dresden, Intonations, Tsinandali, Klavier Ruhr, Lanaudière, and Jerusalem, as well as the BBC Proms.
Kozukhin is a Pentatone recording artist, with a discography spanning works by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Ravel, and Gershwin.
A graduate of the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid under the guidance of Dmitri Bashkirov and Claudio Martínez-Mehner, Kozhukhin further honed his skills at the Piano Academy at Lake Como, where he worked with notable pianists such as Fou Ts’ong, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Peter Frankl, Boris Berman, Charles Rosen, and Andreas Staier, and in Stuttgart with Kirill Gerstein.