Pianist Borys Fedorov received his advanced degree in piano performance at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, where he graduated with distinction in 1983 (class of G. Axelrod). For more than three decades he has been a professor of piano at Kiev’s State Conservatory as well as the Lysenko Kiev Specialised Musical College For Exceptional Young Talents.
Borys is a concert pianist of rare creative talents and who’s vast repertoire embodies the works of composers from many different styles and periods and is the winner of multiple International Piano Competitions, including a contemporary music special prize (Porto, Portugal; 1993), the A. Roussel Prize (Senigallia, Italy, 1994), 2nd Prize (Rome, Italy, 1995), and Grand-Prix at the Regina and Vladimir Horowitz In Memoriam Festival (1995, Kiev). In 2020, Borys discovered a hidden talent and passion in composition. His new works have already been heard on Dutch national radio, performed at the Stift International Music Festival and the 30th anniversary concert of the Dutch record label, Channel Classics. On all occasions they were received with great enthusiasm by many top musicians and other composers alike
Since 1994, Borys regularly appeared in the National Philharmonic of Ukraine as soloist and with orchestras. Among orchestras he has performed with are the Porto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by K. Goleminov, the Symphony Orchestra of Samara conducted by Mikhail Shcherbakov, National Orchestra of Ukraine under the baton of V. Sirenko, and many others. Recently, he has also performed in a piano duo together with his daughter, Anna Fedorova, at the Grote Zaal of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and gave a series of solo recitals and masterclasses in Beijing and around the province of Hunan in China. He regularly performs solo recitals across Ukraine and Russia, having recorded numerous times with the National Television and Radio Company of Ukraine. His recordings include works by Scarlatti, Haydn, Debussy, Ravel, Albeniz, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, and a large number of Ukrainian Composers such as M. Lysenko, Y. Schurovsky, and V. Silvestrov. He was also a jury member in the Sacred Music Competition (Lugansk, 2000), the regional piano competition in Krivoy Rog, and the Silver Note Competition in Odessa.
As an extremely successful pedagogue, many of Borys’ students are now developing impressive careers around the world. Some of his former students are Vadim Kholodenko, Denis Zhdanov, Anna Fedorova, Sasha Grynyuk, Margarita Golovko and others. During their studying with Borys Fedorov, his numerous students have won over fifty prizes at such international piano competitions as the International Chopin Competition in Moscow (Russia), the Vladimir Horowitz piano competition (Kiev, Ukraine), The E. Gilels Piano Competition (Ukraine), The Maria Callas Piano Competition (Greece), the Smetana International Piano Competition (Czech Republic), the McKenzie Award (USA), the Mendelssohn Competition (Italy), the Maria Canals Competition (Spain) and many others. His students perform regularly in the most prestigious concert halls around the world, such as the Concertgebouw Grote Zaal (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Carnegie Hall in New York, Zurich Tonhalle, the World Forum Theatre (The Hague, the Netherlands), De Doelen (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Salle Cortot (Paris, France), the Rustaveli Theater (Tbilisi, Georgia), Odeon Iroda Atichnoho (Athens, Greece), National Tchaikovsky Concert hall (Moscow, Russia), Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City, Mexico), Rhein Mosel Halle (Koblenz, Germany), Warsaw Philharmonic (Poland) and others.
Apart from regularly conducting masterclasses in various cities of Ukraine, Netherlands, China and Greece, he was also artistic director of the Music Festival Young Concert Pianists of Georgia and Ukraine, held at the big hall of the National Philharmonic, a celebration of Georgia's Independence Day (2007). In 2020 Borys has received a title of Honorary Artist of Ukraine, awarded by the president of the country for numerous artistic achievements and valuable input into the cultural life of Ukraine.
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