Vladimir Skomorokhov was born on March 27, 1999 in Volgograd. From 2013 to 2016 he studied at the Tchaikovsky Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory. He graduated with distinction one year ahead of schedule. Vladimir studied at once in two classes. He was a student in the piano class of Yuri Slesarev (a People’s Artist of Russia) and in the organ class of Galina Semenova. In 2016 he entered the piano faculty of the Moscow State Conservatory scoring more points at the entrance examinations than any other applicants. At the moment, Vladimir is continuing education in the same two classes (piano and organ). The piano class is taught by Eliso Virsaladze (a People’s Artist of the USSR) and the organ class is taught by Natalia Gureeva (an Honored Artist of Russia).
While studying at the College, Vladimir won numerous international youth competitions in the following categories: piano solo, organ, piano ensemble, chamber ensemble and theoretical disciplines. In particular, he is a prize-winner of the 8th International Tchaikovsky Youth Competition (2014, piano), the first prize winner of X International Karamanov Competition of Young Pianists in (2015, Simferopol).
Continuing his studies at the Conservatory, Vladimir won prizes at the Romanticism Competition (Moscow, 2017, piano), at the Pianale Academy & Competition 2017 (Fulda, Germany) where Vladimir was also awarded the Audience Choice Prize. Moreover, he is a prize-winner of the 1st International Rachmaninoff Competition for Young Pianists (Moscow, 2018), he got the 2nd prize at the10th International Competition for Young pianists «Slobozhanska Fantasy». (Sumy, Ukraine, 2020). He is also a prize-winner of many organ competitions. Vladimir is a recipient of the Russian President Grant in Arts. He is a permanent participant of the Moscow International Festivals. He performed solo piano concerts in Germany and Spain and collaborated with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra.
This live performance took place during the AEVEA IPC (II/2020, onclassical.com/app/) and was recorded as HD/24-bits by producer and engineer Alessandro Simonetto by using 8 (eight) Bruel & Kjæer and Neumann microphones. These recordings are part of the Aevea Piano Prize, and their sale are important in order to support future editions of the competition.