Profile

Andrei Pisarev was born in the old Russian city of Rostov-on-Don in 6th November 1962. He began his Musical education in his home town at the age of seven. In 1978 he moved to Moscow to study with professor Boris Shatskes at the Music School and then at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory "P.I. Tchaikovsky" as a student of Professor Sergei Dorensky. He graduated in 1987 and received his M.A. degree in 1989.
Andrei Pisarev won 1st Prize in the Rachmaninov Piano Competition (Moscow 1983) as well as 1st Prize in the International Mozart Competition(Salzburg 1991), which was the first time since 1956 that a first prize had been awarded in this　competition. And he also won 1st Prize in the UNISA TRANSNET International Piano Competition and Special Prizes for the best performances of a classical sonata and a Mozart Concerto (Pretoria 1992) and

Mr. Pisarev is a unique pianist of rare artistic temperament. He has wide repertoire and feels equally at home when he perform Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninov or Debussy. He has performed as a soloist and/or with major orchestras all over Russia and former Soviet Union and also in the United States, Germany, Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Sweden, South Africa and Japan. Among the orchestras he has appeared with are the Russian National Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, RAI Orchestra Milan, Cape Town Symphony Orchestra etc.

Mr. Pisarev is a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory and he has also held master-classes in Japan, USA and Yugoslavia and was a member of the Jury at the Rachmaninov International Competition for Young Pianists (Novgorod 1995).