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In the corse of her international career Alexandra Troussova has worked with conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner, Antoni Witt, Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach, Walter Weller, Gerd Albrecht, Joseph Suk, Kaspar Zendner, Arie van Beek, Wolfgang Gönnenwein and Michel Tilkin.

Her successful performances brought her to renowned concert halls such as the Konzerthaus Berlin, Prinzregententheater München, Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Opéra de Lyon, Tonhalle Zürich, Gulbenkian Foundation Lissabon, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and Auditorio Nacional de Musica in Madrid.

She is regularly invited to prestigious international music festivals, among others to the Verbier Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Festival Carinthischer Sommer, Saint-Denis Festival, Festival La Folle Journée, Festival de musique de Sully, Festival Piano aux Jacobins, Festival Piano à Auxerre, Festival Saint-Riquier, Festival Septembre musical, Florilegio Musical Salmantino, Al Bustan Festival, Festival de Lanaudière, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspielen and Klavierfestival Ruhr.

As a chamber musician she collaborates with a variety of artists including Frans Helmerson, Sarah Chang, Alexander Knjasev, David Guerrier, Benedict Kloeckner and Nils Mönkemeyer.

Alexandra Troussova is celebrating worldwide success in the Duo with her brother, the violinist Kirill Troussov. Both living in Munich, the siblings are recognizes as one of the few Siblings-Duos of world clas calibre.

Their common recordings – among others for EMI Classics – have been widely hailed by the international press and given many international awards.

The recent CDs “Emotions” (Dabringhaus und Grimm) and „Memories“ (Dabringaus und Grimm) of the Siblings-Duo, have been internationally praised, among others by “Süddeutsche Zeitung” in Germany and the french music magazine „Diapason“.

She studied with James Tocco, Dimitri Bashkirov, Vadim Suchanov and Alfredo Perl.

Numerous radio recordings and television broadcasts in Germany, France, Belgium and USA show Alexandra Troussova’s pianistic versatility.

Miroslav Kultyshev was born in 1985 in Leningrad. Since 2004 until now he is a student, graduated St-Petersburg specially music school (class Zora Tsuker), then post-graduate student of St. Petersburg Conservatory (prof. Alexander Sandler).

In 2007 Mirosalv Kultyshev became the winner of XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition.
In 2012 winner competition “Monte Carlo Piano Masters” (Monaco).

Miroslav Kultyshev has begun to perform with concerts very early, at 6-year age. At the age of 10 years he debuted in the Great Hall of Saint Petersburg Philharmonic with Mozart Concert N 20 d-moll for piano and orchestra (St. Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra, conductor Yuri Temirkanov).

In 2001 Miroslav Kultyshev has been awarded the youth grant of the Russian National Independent Prize the Triumph. In 2005 he has won 1st place and the Gold medal on International Youth Delphic games (Ukraine, Kiev).

Miroslav Kultyshev participated in different Russian and International festivals – Kissinger Sommer (Germany), Elba – European Musical Island (Italy), Mecklenburg Festspiele Vorprommern (Germany, 2006), Stars of White Nights (Russia, 2007), September Musical (Switzerland, 2007), Klavier Festival Ruhr, Chopin Festival in Duschniki (Poland), Dubrovnik Festival (Croatia), Mikkeli Festival (Finland), Salzburger Festspiele (2011), “Festival Auvers-sur-Oise” (France).

Miroslav Kultyshev playes in the best concert halls such as Musikverein (Grosser Saal), Mozarteum, Concergebow (Amsterdam), Suntory Hall (Tokio), Wigmore Hall (London), Lincoln Center (Avery Fisher Hall, New York) and others.

He performs together with very famous conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Ashkenazy,Yuri Bashmet, Mark Gorenstein, Vassily Sinaisky, Alexander Dmitriev.

AWARDS

1998: G. Neuhaus International Festival
1999: International Music Festival “Virtuosos of 2000”
2001: grant-holder of the National Youth Prize “Triumph”.
2005: First prize and Golden Medal of the International Youth Delphic Games (Ukraine, Kiev)
2007: silver medal, 13th International Tchaikovsky Competition
2010: Distinction in XVI Chopin Piano Competition
2012: Monte Carlo Piano Masters