Considered “one of the best Chopin interpreters of his generation” (BBC Music Magazine), “a virtuoso of strength and poetry, rivaling Rubinstein” (Gramophone), even “the Richter of his generation” (American Record Guide), pianist Eldar Nebolsin is one of today’s most outstanding musicians.
His international career began in 1992 after his triumph at the Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition where, at only 17 years old, he won the Grand Prize. In 2005, he was also awarded the prestigious Sviatoslav Richter Prize in Moscow.
Eldar Nebolsin has performed with major international orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, DSO Berlin, Orchestre de Paris, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Riccardo Chailly, Leonard Slatkin, Charles Dutoit, and Vladimir Ashkenazy, among others.
A passionate performer of chamber music, Eldar is a member of the prestigious Ensemble “Spectrum Concerts” of the Berlin Philharmonic.
In the 2024-25 season, some of his most outstanding projects include performances with the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra in Bucharest, with the Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, recitals at the Bilbao Philharmonic with Asier Polo, at the Juan March Foundation, and at the Rafael Orozco Festival in Cordoba.
Since 2013, Eldar Nebolsin has been a professor of piano at the prestigious Hochschule “Hanns Eisler” in Berlin.
April 2025