Twenty-five year old Yulianna Avdeeva won First Prize in the 16th International Frédéric Chopin Competition in Warsaw on October 20, 2010. Ms. Avdeeva was the first woman to win this competition in 45 years and was also awarded the Krystian Zimerman Prize for the best performance of a sonata. Following her win, she made her subscription debut with the New York Philharmonic, debuted with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo under Charles Dutoit, and made her International Piano Series debut at London’s Southbank Centre.
In the fall of 2012, Ms. Avdeeva made her debut US tour under Antoni Wit with the Warsaw Philharmonic. In addition, she held recitals at the Mariinksy Theatre, Prague Spring Festival, MDR Musiksommer, Festival de Nohant, Festival La Roque d’Anthéron, Tonhalle Zürich, Philharmonie Essen, and across Spain (in Barcelona, Girona, and Bilbao). She also performed with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert Blomstedt, SWR Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
