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Anna Tsybuleva

Pianist

Highlights

Dortmunder Philharmoniker
Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Orquesta de Extremadura
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Russian National Orchestra
Shanghai Oriental Arts Center
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Wigmore Hall, London

Video

Claude Debussy • The Complete Préludes

Complete Debussy Préludes: The Visual Album • Introduction from Anna Tsybuleva (Trailer 1)

Complete Debussy Préludes: The Visual Album • Introduction from Anna Tsybuleva (Trailer 2)

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with Orquesta de Extremadura

Brahms Piano Sonata No.2

C.P.E Bach Prussian Sonata in B-flat Major, Wq. 48 No.2
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 with hr-Sinfonieorchester and Alain Altinoglu
Anna Tsybuleva #CriticsChoice
Anna Tsybuleva #spotlight
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.2
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1

The Brahms Project

Claude Debussy “L’Isle joyeuse”

Brahms Piano Concerto No.2, Mov IV (excerpt)

Rameau: Le Rappel des oiseaux

Shostakovich: Preludes Op.34

Biography

Described by Gramophone Magazine as embodying “superb pianism and intelligent musicianship”, Anna Tsybuleva shot into the international spotlight in 2015 when she was crowned First Prize Winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition.  She received wide critical acclaim for her winning performance, and was described as “A pianist of rare gifts: not since Murray Perahia’s triumph in 1972 has Leeds had a winner of this musical poise and calibre” (International Piano Magazine).

Now a regular performer in major cities worldwide, Tsybuleva’s early experiences were more modest.  Born in 1990, she was raised in the mountains of Nizhny Arkhyz – a small village of approximately 500 inhabitants – in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic of Greater Caucasus, where nature and the beauty of her surroundings proved a constant source of inspiration.  These beginnings have served to feed directly into the development of her unique performance style today, which is one of captivating intimacy: drawing the listener into a private sphere of music-making in even the largest of concert halls.  Tsybuleva’s “Complete Debussy Préludes: The Visual Album” (YouTube, 2023) captures and portrays this beautifully.Read More

Since her early rural beginnings, Tsybuleva has gone on to triumph in recital on many of the greatest international stages, including Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, KKL Luzern, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Tonhalle Zürich, and the Wigmore Hall.

Recent and forthcoming highlights as concerto soloist include engagements with the Dortmunder Philharmoniker, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Orquesta Extremadura, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, amongst others.  She has the pleasure of collaborating with such esteemed conductors as Alain Altinoglu, Sir Mark Elder, Jonathon Heyward, Michał Nesterowicz, Yuri Temirkanov, Krzysztof Urbański, and Duncan Ward, to name a few.

Tsybuleva is signed to record label Signum Classics for a multi-disc deal, releasing her debut concerto recording on the label in 2021 to enormous critical acclaim (Brahms Piano Concerto No.2, with DSO Berlin conducted by Ruth Reinhardt).  Praise for her interpretation included “Poetic lyricism, combining geniality with grace” (Gramophone), and “Tsybuleva reveals deep empathy for the hushed anguish cocooned in the heart of Brahms.  Passionate, exquisite, hypnotic” (BBC Music Magazine).  In 2022, she made the world-premiere recording of a newly commissioned piano concerto, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop.

Tsybuleva took her first piano lessons with her mother at the age of 6, before attending the Shostakovich Music School in Volgodonsk aged 9.  From age 13, she continued her studies at the Moscow Central Music School and the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, under internationally renowned pedagogue Professor Lyudmila Roschina.  During this time, Tsybuleva garnered her first major competition wins – including the Grand Prix of the International Gilels Piano Competition (2013), and top prizes from the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (2012) and Takamatsu International Piano Competition (2014).

After graduating from the Moscow Conservatoire in 2014 with the coveted award for ‘Best Student’, Tsybuleva furthered her studies with Claudio Martínez-Mehner at the Hochschule für Musik Basel.  During these two years, she developed her growing passion for Romantic repertoire of the German School, and won the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2015 with her captivating performance of Brahms Piano Concerto No.2, under the baton of Sir Mark Elder and the Hallé Orchestra.  Tsybuleva has since combined her international performance career with a thirst for further knowledge, and has just completed post-graduate studies at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire.  With her “energetic elan, bravura, and heart-on-sleeve communication” (International Piano Magazine), Anna Tsybuleva is fast emerging as one of the finest pianists of her generation, “destined to become a world piano star” (APE Musicale, Italy).

Tsybuleva remains true to the core values of her early years.  Keen to share the beauty of her childhood with others, in 2022 she launched her inaugural annual festival – AlterSono – amidst the mountains, rivers, and 10th century temples of her hometown (which is now also home to the world’s largest space telescope).  Combining music, science, space, and people, the festival invites artists and audiences to embark upon a magical journey of artistic, humanist, and scientific exploration – themes close to Anna’s heart.

Anna Tsybuleva is proud to be a part of the Yamaha Artist family, and grateful to Yamaha for their kindness and support.

News

Reviews

“Exquisite control and amazing agility – Prokofiev suits Tsybuleva’s interpretative characteristics like a glove.”

BachTrack

2023

“Tsybuleva’s Debussy is an inspired vision, full of great sonic beauty.”

BachTrack

2023

“Tsybuleva captivated the audience: full pianistic command and overwhelming virtuosity, coupled with astonishing naturalness.  This was an evening of profound artistic relevance.”

BachTrack

2023

“In Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto – considered one of the most difficult pieces in piano literature – Anna Tsybuleva faced the mighty cascades of laments and gigantic leaps that the composer demands with great composure. The highlight of the evening was her large solo performance of the first movement. Tsybuleva was celebrated with righteous storms of applause from the packed hall.”

Neue Westfälische Zeitung

2023

“Anna Tsybuleva infected the audience with her own enthusiasm for Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.2.  What can often only be perceived as an overlay of weird sounds becomes an expression of clear, convincing emotions in her interpretation – emotions that can stir and unsettle, but above all grab and carry you away.” 

Neue Westfälische Zeitung

2023

Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 occupies a special place in Tsybuleva’s repertoire.  Once you hear the first notes, you will understand why.  It doesn’t matter whether it’s contrasting timbres, somber ostinatos or astounding harmonies, she succeeds in embedding everything in a natural musical logic that inspires even reserved skeptics.

Neue Westfälische Zeitung

2023

Tsybuleva interpreted Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto with astonishing sovereignty.  She successfully combined enormous technical skills with a nuanced richness of timbre.  Like a pianistic whirlwind, she swept across the entire range of the piano.  Her outstanding motor skills were showcased to the full and breathtaking throughout.  The finale escalated to monstrous orchestral language which was captured by Tsybuleva in all its dazzling brilliance.  She earned rightful jubilation from the packed concert hall, who demanded an encore.

Lippische Landeszeitung

2023

“Tsybuleva reveals deep empathy for the hushed anguish cocooned in the heart of Brahms. Passionate, exquisite, hypnotic.”
BBC Music Magazine

2021

“Poetic lyricism, combining geniality with grace.”
Gramophone

2021

“Tsybuleva’s playing exudes poise from the outset. She plays with real lightness and the resulting clarity is revelatory without being analytical in the Pollini sense. The result is positively illuminating, finding profound beauty and tenderness.”
International Piano Magazine

2021

“Every magical note of Tsybuleva’s performance held the audience spellbound by her artistry.”

Sidmouth Herald

2018

“Superb pianisim and intelligent musicianship.”

Gramophone Magazine

“Superb pianisim and intelligent musicianship.”

Gramophone Magazine

“Clearly a sensitive soul…she knows how to float long, lyrical lines with a cushioned singing tone, and how to blend rippling passagework with the orchestra…a fine artist in the making.”

The Telegraph

“A pianist of rare gifts… Not since Murray Perahia’s triumph in 1972 has Leeds had a winner of this musical poise and calibre.”

International Piano Magazine

“The playing of this magnetic young Russian artist is thoughtful, elegant, yet exciting… I have admired Richter’s take, but this new recording is even more satisfying for its broader approach.”

Fanfare Magazine

“A born performer, thoroughly enjoying every minute… Executed with energetic elan, bravura, and heart-on-sleeve communication.”

International Piano Magazine

“A revelation of mature musicianship, combined with an extraordinary communicative skill rare in a young musician, conjuring up a sound world of endless colour…”

Peter Donohoe

Pianist

“We are looking at a real champion here, destined to become a world piano star.”

APE Musicale

“A born performer, thoroughly enjoying every minute… Executed with energetic elan, bravura, and heart-on-sleeve communication.”

International Piano Magazine

“A revelation of mature musicianship, combined with an extraordinary communicative skill rare in a young musician, conjuring up a sound world of endless colour…”

Peter Donohoe

Pianist

“We are looking at a real champion here, destined to become a world piano star.”

APE Musicale

Discography

Brahms

​Signum Records presents an exciting new collaboration and debut recording with Leeds International Piano Competition Winner (2015), Anna Tsybuleva, of music by Johannes Brahms together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Ruth Reinhardt.

Tsybuleva has been described by as embodying “superb pianism and intelligent musicianship” (Gramophone Magazine) and “A pianist of rare gifts: not since Murray Perahia’s triumph in 1972 has Leeds had a winner of this musical poise and calibre”(International Piano Magazine).

Performance highlights have included performances with the Basel Symphony, Mariinsky Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Alongside this, Tsybuleva has given recitals at such prestigious venues as Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Tonhalle Zürich, and the Wigmore Hall, London.

Fantasien

Following her 1st prize win at the 2015 Leeds International Piano Competition, Russian-born Anna Tsybuleva releases her debut solo recording with Champs Hill Records as part of her prize. The disc, entitled Fantasien, showcases four fantasy-themed works by CPE Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms.

Brahms, Reger & Busoni

Live Recordings from the 2016 Ruhr Piano Festival.