Vladimir Genin

Vladimir Genin is a pianist and composer. He has performed in Russia, Germany, France, England and Italy, playing both classical repertoire and his own works; as part of the Toujours Mozart festival (2002–2004), he gave guest performances in Salzburg, Vienna and Munich.

For many years, he devoted himself intensively to the professional training of particularly gifted children and young people: As the initiator of the project ‘Die Musiker-Zunft der Zukunft’ (The Musicians' Guild of the Future), he taught piano and chamber music, systematically prepared young musicians for competitions and accompanied their artistic development. His students today include prize winners of international competitions and first prize winners of the national competition ‘Jugend musiziert’; many of them are studying at music academies in Germany.

He also directs the erstKlassiK concert series, which features internationally renowned musicians.

Artistically influenced by the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, he studied composition, orchestration, musical form and piano with Roman Ledenev,

Yuri Buzko, Yuri Kholopov and Ilya Klyachko, graduating with honours in 1983; he then went on to complete postgraduate studies in composition. His works – symphonic, choral and chamber music – have been performed in Russia, Europe and the USA and released on CD. An article about his work is included in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.