Yury Favorin (; born 17 December 1986, in Moscow) is a Russian pianist.
Life and career Yury Favorin studied in Moscow at the Gnesins High School of Music. From 2004 to 2009, he studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with professor M.S. Voskresensky.
He took part at the Academy of the Festival Verbier (Switzerland, 2011), and the International Holland Music Sessions (TIHMS) (The Netherlands, 2011).
Prizes The 1st Nikolay Rubinstein Competition for Young Pianists (Moscow), 1st prize (Moscow, 2001) Gyorgy Cziffra Foundation, 1st prize (Wien, Austria, 2003) Andrey Petrov All-Russia Prize for Young Composers (“Crystal Tuning Fork”)
CDs Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium. Piano 2010. 3 CDs + Encore: CD 1 — F. Liszt. Concerto n. 1 in E flat major CD 2 — J.-L. Fafchamps. Back to the Sound Encore — F. Schubert. Sonata in E flat major D 568
Anthology of the Russian Piano Music. Vol. 1 (1917–1991) CD 1: Nikolay Myaskovsky. Sonata no. 3, op. 19 (1920) ("Kapellmeister", studio-recording 2010)
Nikolay Medtner: Complete Piano Sonatas. In 4 CDs CD 4: Sonata e-moll "Night Wind", op. 25 no. 2 (Moscow State Conservatory, live 2009)
Franz Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Muso Label, 2013) It Don’t Mean a Thing (with Alexei Sysoyev and Konstantin Sukhan, Creative Sources, 2014) Alexei Sysoyev: Selene (2 CD, Fancy Music, 2015) Prokofiev, Popov, Shostakovich, Rebikov, Feinberg (Melodiya, 2016) Sergei Prokofiev, 2 violin sonatas, 5 melodies (with Aylen Pritchin, Melodiya, 2017) Charles-Valentin Alkan: Piano works (Muso Label, 2017) Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage (Live, 3 CD, Melodiya, 2021) Sound Review 3: Boris Tishchenko, Nikolai Sidelnikov (Melodiya, 2022) Sergei Prokofiev, 6th Piano Sonata (Meshina Records, 2025) Gennady Banshchikov, 5 Piano Sonatas (Melodiya, 2025)
References
Olivier Messiaen Competition Queen Elisabeth Music Competition Marc-André Hamelin. Two Etudes from the «Twelve Etudes in Minor Keys» Tichon Khrennikov. Concerto №2, 3rd mov. Gala Concert from International Yampolsky Violin Competition 2008 (violin & piano) Franz Schubert. Sonate in E D 568 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (piano). Semi-Final (Recital 10 May 2010) Franz Liszt. Concerto no. 1 in Es Queen Elisabeth Music Competition (piano). Final (24 May 2010)
External links
Official website