Denis Kozhukhin is a Russian classical pianist who has gained worldwide attention since he followed a second place ranking in the 2006 Leeds International Piano Competition with the top prize in Belgium's Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2010. Born in western Russia, he studied at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid and the International Piano Academy Lake Como in Italy. He released 'Prokofiev: War Sonatas' in 2013 and 'Haydn: Piano Sonatas' in 2014 before signing with the Pentatone record label which released 'Tchaikovsky & Grieg: Piano Concertos' (2016), 'Johannes Brahms: Ballades & Fantasies' (2017) and 'Ravel, Gershwin: Piano Concertos' (2018).
In 2017, he performed with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Houston Symphony, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, orchestras in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Vienna and Stockholm and debuted with the Staatskapelle Berlin under Daniel Barenboim. His 2018 schedule included performances at venues in England, Australia and South Korea.
