Photo: Eva Vermandel
Pavel Kolesnikov is the Siberian born London-based modern classical pianist who likes to construct 'a palace of sound built by your own imagination'. Described by critics as "spellbinding", Pavel became a sensation at the Honens International Piano Competition in Canada, taking home the world's largest piano prize. He came to further attention in 2021 at the penultimate night of The Last Night of the Proms. It's been said of him "very few pianists of Kolesnikov's generation share his abundance of intelligence, sensitivity, musicality, imagination, and sheer instrumental mastery". Pavel prefers to make classical music that comes across as something new. He's also a collector of vintage perfumes. Pavel has given recitals in South Korea, Japan, Spain, and Germany, and is working on a major dance project which has so far been performed in Vienna, Brussels, Montpellier, Brugges and Seville.
