| currently |
in London (UK) |
| preparing |
Rachmaninov |
| reading |
Karin Kehrer's "Rosenduft und Todesgruft" |
| started piano | aged 4 |
| IS |
related to Willhelm Kempff
|
| can stretch | from C to G (LH) |
| last broke a string | 11am, 15/2/20 in Moscow (RU) - during practice |
| also plays |
the guitar, violin and harmonica
|
| studied with | Helen Goharitz ('82), Ronald Smith ('84), Chris Elton ('92), Clarence Myerscough ('93), Hamish Milne ('96), Howard Davis (96), Emmanuil Monaszon ('97), Matthew Coorey ('11) |
| teaches at | Munich City music school |
| adores the music of | Bruckner & Gershwin |
| greatly admires | Bernstein, Giulini and Myung-whun Chung |
| recently loved | the legendary Dennis Russell Davies and playing jazz with Pavel Zlamal |
| recently didn't love | sleeping from 8.30pm - 1am one night(!) |
| enjoys | running, swimming, skiing, (mountain-)hiking/climbing, cycling, calisthenics, languages, cooking, coffee and films |
| speaks fluent | English, German, Russian, French |
| and some | Japanese, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Czech, Greek, Romanian, Mandarin, Portuguese and Serbian |
| and VERY little |
Polish, Norwegian, Danish, Slovene, Finnish, Cantonese, Turkish, isiZulu, Urdu, Estonian, Swedish, Arabic & Vietnamese |
| likes | Atomic (ski), пельмени and green tea |
| drives | Hyundai Staria AWD, Cube Nature SL, Atomic G9s and Maverick Ti's |
| skied | 0 days in winter '25/'26 |