About
Highly acclaimed by the press, Nikolai Lugansky is a pianist of extraordinary depth and versatility.
He regularly works with top level conductors such as Yuri Temirkanov, Kent Nagano, Charles Dutoit, Mikhail Pletnev, Gianandrea Noseda and Vladimir Jurowski. Concerto highlights for the 2019/20 season include performances with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra in London, National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Belgium National Orchestra, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
A regular recitalist the world over, during this season Lugansky appears at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wiener Konzerthaus, Tonhalle in Zurich, Moscow’s Zaryadye, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, and Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. Lugansky also performs a series of American recitals including a performance in Chicago, and recitals in Florence and Rome as well as numerous performances in Russia. Lugansky regularly performs at the La Roque-d’Anthéron Festival in France, with the last season marking the 23rd consecutive year of appearance.
In June 2019 Nikolai Lugansky received the Russian Federation National Award in Literature and Art, for his contribution to the development and advancement of Russian and international classical music culture over the past 20 years.