Jevgenij (Evgeny) Igorevich Kissin - awarded classical pianist and Russian virtuoso - born 1971

At age 6 Evgeny Kissin became a student of Anna Pavlovna Kantor at the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow. His debut with the Ulyanovsk Symphony Orchestra at the age of 11 gave his first performance in Moscow and his magnificent talent as a classical concert pianist was noticeable on the national scene in 1984 - when he played and recorded Chopin's two piano concertos together with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. His breakthrough in the USA was in 1990 at Carnegie Hall and since he as been performing on international scenes with all the leading symphony orchestras under famous conductors. He performed in Denmark in 2004 - 2006 - 2009 with The Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra based in Copenhagen.