Konstantin Volostnov (Organist)
The Moscow organist, pianist and harpsichordist Konstantin Volostnov was born
in Moscow in 1979. He began studding organ music in Maria Potashnikova's class
in Sergei Prokofiev Music School. From 1994 to 1999 he studied in the Academic
Music College of The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (piano and organ classes of
Alexei Shmitov).
In 2004 Konstantin Volostnov graduated from The Moscow Tchaikovsky
Conservatory where he studied with Professor Alexei Parshin (organ), Yuri
Martynov (piano), and Professor Alexei Lyubimov (chamber ensemble). In 2007
Konstantin Volostnov got a diploma of Staatliche Hochschule fur M&DK in
Stuttgart where he took lessons from professor, doc. Ludger Lohmann, and in the
same year Konstantin finished post-graduate course of The Moscow Tchaikovsky
Conservatory (organ class of professor Natalia Gureeva).
Konstantin Volostnov is a winner of the First Prize at the E.F.Walcker-prize
in Schramberg (Germany, 2008) and First Prize at A.-F.Goedicke competition in
Moscow (2008). In 2009 he became a winner (First prize) at St.Albans organ
competition (UK) where he also got Peter Hurford prize (for the best performance
of Bach’s work), Audience prize, and the prize for the best performance of
Sacrificium by John Casken.
Konstantin is a regular participant of the contemporary music festival
«Moscow Autumn» (2001 - 2009) and the Moscow International Organ Festival (2001
- 2007). The first organ and chamber music festival «The North Orpheus» (Kirov,
2001) awarded Konstantin with «Outstanding Music Mastership» diploma.
He has several CD record (modern music 2004, 2009 Moscow conservatoire, Six
organ sonatas by Mendelssohn 2006, 2008, Great organ works 2006 and others. He
has also recorded for radio-broadcast and TV. Since 2005 to 2006 he was
appointed as an artistic director of the Federal Philharmonic society of
Caucasian Mineral Waters region.
He gives concerts throughout Russia and abroad (France, Germany, Spain,
Netherlands, USA).
Since 2010 he teaches at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. The same
year he became a soloist of Moscow Philharmonic Society.
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