Yury Favorin

Yury Favorin (Ю́рий Влади́мирович Фаво́рин; born December 17, 1986, in Moscow) is a Russian pianist.

Life and career
Yury Favorin studied in Moscow at the Gnesins High School of Music. He took part at the Academy of the Festival Verbier (Switzerland, 2011), and the International Holland Music Sessions (TIHMS) (The Netherlands, 2011).

Prizes

 * The 1st Nikolay Rubinstein Competition for Young Pianists (Moscow), 1st prize (Moscow, 2001)
 * Gyorgy Cziffra Foundation, 1st prize (Wien, Austria, 2003)
 * Andrey Petrov All-Russia Prize for Young Composers (“Crystal Tuning Fork”)

CDs

 * Queen Elisabeth Competition of Belgium. Piano 2010. 3 CDs + Encore:
 * CD 1 — F. Liszt. Concerto n. 1 in E flat major
 * CD 2 — J.-L. Fafchamps. Back to the Sound
 * Encore — F. Schubert. Sonata in E flat major D 568


 * Anthology of the Russian Piano Music. Vol. 1 (1917–1991)
 * CD 1: Nikolay Myaskovsky. Sonata no. 3, op. 19 (1920) ("Kapellmeister", studio-recording 2010)


 * Nikolay Medtner: Complete Piano Sonatas. In 4 CDs
 * CD 4: Sonata e-moll "Night Wind", op. 25 no. 2 (Moscow State Conservatory, live 2009)