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Andrei Ivanou (born 19th May 1990) is a Belorussian pianist.

Born in Belarus in 1990, Andrei Ivanov started to play the piano at the age of eight and gave his first public appearance with orchestra when he was nine years old. From 2006 to 2011 he studied at the Central School of Music in Minsk where he graduated with the highest honors. In 2011 he was accepted at the Moscow Conservatoire, where he studied with Professor Natalia Trull. From 2016 to 2019 he studied at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on full scholarship with Professor Pascal Nemirovski.

Concert highlights include recitals at the Moscow Conservatoire Concert Hall, the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, the Belgrade Kolarac Concert Hall, the Bozar, Center for fine Arts in Brussels, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam… He also performed with many orchestras such as Belgrade National Symphony Orchestra, Bucharest Symphony Orchestra, Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony orchestra among others. During his studies Andrei, has won numerous international awards including 1st Prize at the Belgrade International Piano Competition “Jeunesses Musicales”, 1st Prize at the Minsk International Piano Competition, 3rd Prize and Special Prize “CEI-Central Europan Initiative for the best competitor coming from CEI Member States at the Friuli Venezia Giulia International, 4th and special prizes at the Iturbi International Piano competition in Valencia.

In March 2018 Andrei took part in an extremely important concert, playing Chopin’s 2nd concerto with the City of Birmingham Symphony orchestra under the direction of one of the most leading conductor in the world-Mirga Grazinite-Tyla ,which was broadcasted by BBC radio 3.

In 2019 Andrei signed a contract.with one of the most leading recording company in the world - Naxos and recorded the CD including transcriptions of F.Liszt.