Mikhail Turpanov

Birth date

May 17, 1989


Country

Russia



Biography


Born in Krasnoyarsk. Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where until 2011 he had studied with Prof. Nikolai Petrov; he continued under Prof. Mikhail Voskresensky. He is currently doing postgraduate work and internship. In 2010 he won the Vera Lotar-Shevchenko International Piano Competition in Novosibirsk. He has participated in the Pianoscope Festival in Beauvais (France), the Copenhagen Summer Music Festival and others. In both solo and chamber performances he has appeared in many cities across Europe and Russia; he has collaborated with symphony orchestras in Voronezh, Yaroslavl, Volgograd, Krasnoyarsk, Oryol, and Barnaul, as well as with the Moscow-based chamber ensemble Musica Viva. He plays contemporary music and has given premiere performances of them in Russia and abroad.