Konstantin Scherbakov | Piano
27 July – 1 August 2025
Konstantin Scherbakov has performed on five continents, appeared as a soloist with some of the world's best orchestras under the baton of conductors such as Christian Thielemann, Yuri Simonov, Rudolf Barshai, Nello Santi, Kirill Petrenko, Christian Mandeal, Aldo Ceccato, Andrei Boreiko and others, and has given concerts in the world's most famous concert halls. He is a guest at many international music festivals such as Salzburg, Lucerne, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Bad Kissingen, Schubertiade, Beethoven Festival Bonn, Liszt Festival Weimar, Piano Festival Lucerne and others.
His repertoire is as extensive as it is demanding, and his discography includes more than 60 CDs. He plays everything that Beethoven, Godowsky, Shostakovich, Respighi and Rachmaninoff wrote for the piano. Many such projects have been recorded - Beethoven's 32 sonatas and Liszt's transcriptions of all nine symphonies; Godowsky's complete works on 15 CDs; the complete piano works of Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich and Respighi, all works for piano and orchestra by Medtner, Respighi, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Arensky and Scriabin for the EMI Classics, Naxos, Marco Polo or Steinway & Sons labels. Many of these recordings have been honoured with important international awards.
Konstantin Scherbakov has been a professor at the Zurich University of the Arts since 1998; he is a jury member of many international competitions. Website
Preselection: Two works from different musical periods (YouTube link)
Beginning of the master class: 27.07.2025, 10:00 am
Course Languages: German, English
Orchestra Studio (as soloist, free choice of works): 31 July 2025
Registration fee: 80 Euros
Active participation: 370 Euros
Orchestra Studio: 100 Euros
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Accommodation Offer
Period: 26 July - 2 August 2025 (7 nights)
Leonardo Hotel
- ½ Double room: 224 Euros (breakfast not included)
- Single room: 385 Euros (breakfast not included)
Concerts
Konstantin Scherbakov: 27 July 2025, 7:30pm, Festsaal Fürstenhaus
Participants I: 31 July 2025, 7:30pm
Participants II: 1 August 2025, 7:30pm