About Ulugbek Palvanov
Ulugbek Palvanov is one of the outstanding piano talents of his generation and has enchanted people with his playing in European and non-European concert halls. He is one of the great virtuosos of our time and he is often referred to as a keyboard lion... He is not only a pianist who should not be missed because of his brilliant virtuosity. 'His playing combines poetic thinking and feeling into the music with a brilliant touch! Soft and romantic, he digs out dark and brooding sounds, only to then get lost in lightning-fast runners'...rave connoisseurs.
Prof. Klaus Hellwig - Berlin University of the Arts
The international career of Ulugbek Palvanov began with victories in numerous national and international competitions. Ulugbek Palvanov is a laureate and first prize winner of prestigious competitions such as:
- International Piano Competition in Bishkek
- City of Porto International Piano Competition in Portugal
- Ferruccio Busoni Competition in Bolzano
- Tbilisi International Piano Competition
- Steinway Competition in Berlin
- Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau
- Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Arthur Schnabel Piano Competition of the Berlin University of the Arts
As a soloist, Palvanov has performed in leading concert halls around the world. He has collaborated with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bolzano Chamber Orchestra, and the Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra. A sought-after soloist and chamber musician, he has been invited to festivals such as the Newport Music Festival and the Van Cliburn Foundation Festival (USA), the Kyoto Music Festival (Japan), and the Yerres International Music Festival (France).
In 2009, Ulugbek Palvanov was awarded the Cultural Prize of the Finckenstein & Salmuth Publishing Society for outstanding achievements as a pianist in Germany.
In May 2018, together with violinist David Jonan, he received the Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in the category “Ensemble”.
Since 2014, Ulugbek Palvanov has been the artistic director of the concert series “Pianowerke” in Germany.
Ulugbek Palvanov lives in Berlin.
Teachers of Ulugbek Palvanov
Pianist Ulugbek Palvanov, a native of Uzbekistan, began studying piano at the age of five. He graduated from the Republican Special Music Academic Lyceum named after V. A. Uspensky (RSMAL) – one of the leading music institutions in the country, renowned for producing outstanding performers.
His musical formation began in the class of the distinguished teacher Tamara Afanasyevna Popovich, who trained a generation of famous pianists, including Alexei Sultanov, Bekzod Abduraimov, Evgeny Mursky, and Lola Astanova.
Continuing to refine his performance skills, Palvanov studied under Anatoly Markovich Gekkelman and Natalia Sergeyevna Zinzadze — both students of the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus, whose teaching tradition had a profound influence on 20th-century piano art.
He then continued his education at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where his artistic development was guided by Professor Lev Naumov, one of the most distinguished representatives of the Neuhaus School.
Since 1997, Ulugbek Palvanov has studied at the Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) – first with Professor Klaus Bässler, and later with Professor Klaus Hellwig. This period marked an important stage in his professional growth and international career.