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Andrei Gugnin

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Russias Rising Star, Andrei Gugnin!Music Dedicated to Godowsky!The second Hyperion recording by Andrei Gugnin, a rising star pianist born in Russia in 1987! Gugnin boasts an impressive track record, having won second place at the 2013 Beethoven International Competition in Vienna, first place at the 2014 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, and first place at the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition. He has performed with artists such as Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Theatre. He also received a Special Prize at the 2019 Tchaikovsky International Competition and successfully performed in Japan twice, in May and September of that year. It was this Godowsky tribute program, presented during his September 2019 tour of Japan, that left audiences utterly spellbound. Dedicated to Leopold Godowskythe 19th-century god of pianism, a virtuoso genius, and legendary master whose 150th b