Tanin wins 18th Kissingen Piano Olympics
Sergey Tanin is the winner of the 18th Kissingen Piano Olympics. The pianist from Russia, who is currently studying with Claudio Martínez Mehner at the Basel University of Music, impressed the jury with his individual, structure-conscious interpretation of Brahms and Beethoven.
According to the organizers, the jury was impressed by Tanin's "youthful virtuoso drive and surprising creative power". The third prize went to 22-year-old Ziyu Liu, who comes from China. In the Max Littmann Hall of the Kissinger Regentenbau, those visitors who had booked all the concerts also voted for Sergey Tanin as the winner of the Audience Award.
On October 4, 2020, Swiss Television (SRF) broadcast the documentary "Sergey Tanin - The pianist who came in from the cold from". The final concert of the KlavierOlymp was recorded by Bayerischer Rundfunk and will be broadcast on 17.10. at 15:05 in the program On stage on BR-Klassik.
