Prix UBS Jeunes Solistes 2025 goes to Vsevolod Zavidov
Pianist Vsevolod Zavidov receives the Prix UBS Jeunes Solistes 2025, endowed with 25,000 francs.
Vsevolod Zavidov was born in Moscow in 2005 and began his musical education at the age of four. Since autumn 2023, he has been studying with Nelson Goerner at the Haute école de musique de Genève, where he is completing a Master's degree in Specialized Musical Performance for Soloists.
The Prix UBS Jeunes Solistes is a joint initiative of the Lucerne Festival, the Conference of Swiss Music Universities (KMHS) and UBS. Each music academy was able to nominate a maximum of two candidates for the semi-final, which took place at the end of October at the Bern University of the Arts. In addition to Valentin Gloor and Michael Haefliger, the jury included the cellist and former winner of the Prix UBS Jeunes Solistes Sol Gabetta as well as Xavier Dayer (Zurich University of the Arts, Director of the Department of Music), Rico Gubler (Bern University of the Arts, Head of Music) and Noémie Robidas (Haute École de Musique Vaud Valais Fribourg, Directrice Générale), who represented the Swiss music academies.
