Denis Kozhukhin is a Russia

Russia

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n pianist who was awarded the 2006 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition

Leeds International Pianoforte Competition

The Leeds International Piano Competition informally known as The Leeds takes place every three years in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1961 by Marion, Countess of Harewood and Fanny Waterman, who is today its Chairman and Artistic Director. The competition was first held in 1963...

's 3rd prize. He was awarded too the 2010 Belgian Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

Queen Elisabeth Music Competition

The Queen Elisabeth Music Competition, a founding member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions has been, since its foundation, considered the world over to be one of the most prestigious and most difficult. It is devoted to violin , piano , to composition and to singing...

's 1st prize (for piano).

Kozhukhin was a pupil at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía

The Queen Sofía College of Music is a private music college founded in Madrid, Spain, in 1991 by Paloma O'Shea...

 in Madrid studying with Dimitri Bashkirov and Claudio Martínez Mehner

Claudio Martínez Mehner

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. Upon graduating, he received his diploma personally from the Queen of Spain and was named best student in his year and twice best chamber group with his own Cervantes Trio. After his studies in Madrid, Kozhukhin was invited to study at the International Piano Academy Lake Como

International Piano Academy Lake Como

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 where he received tuition from Dimitri Bashkirov, Fou Ts'ong

Fou Ts'ong

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, Stanislav Ioudenitch

Stanislav Ioudenitch

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, Peter Frankl

Peter Frankl

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, William Grant Naboré, John Perry, Menahem Pressler

Menahem Pressler

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, Boris Berman

Boris Berman

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, Charles Rosen

Charles Rosen

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 and Andreas Staier

Andreas Staier

Andreas Staier is a German pianist and harpsichordist.-Life:Staier studied piano and harpsichord in the Hochschule für Musik in Hanover, with Kurt Bauer and Erika Haase for piano and from Lajos Rovatkay for harpsichord, and also in Amsterdam. From 1983 until 1986 he was the harpsichord soloist for...

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