Trifonov

Born in 1991, Daniil Trifonov is a Russian pianist who began playing the piano at the age of five. As a teen, he was active in competitions, participating in the International Scriabin Competition and the International Piano Competition of San Marino. In 2010, he won third prize in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and won the Special Prize of Polish Radio for Best Mazurka performance. He placed first in 2011 at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, and won the Pnina Salzman Prize for the Best Performer of a Chopin Piece, among other awards. Soon after winning the Rubinstein Competition, Trifonov won the grand prize of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, which led to his recording Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra. In the wake of so many youthful achievements, he has also received scholarships, including the Scriabin Scholarship, the "Young Talents of Russia" Foundation Scholarship, and the Guzik Foundation Award.