Pavel Gomzyakov (Cello)
"This was a hugely impressive debut by a young musician who is clearly on
his way to having a major career." Lawrence A. Johnson, Chicago
Classical review
Born in the city of Tchaikovsky’s birth in the Ural region of Russia, Pavel
Gomziakov began his cello studies at the age of nine. At the age of
fourteen he moved to Moscow where he studied at the Gnessin School and then at
the Moscow State Conservatory with Dmitri Miller. He continued his studies
with Natalia Schakhovskaya at the Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia,
Madrid. He later graduated from the “cycle de perfectionnement” in the class of
Philippe Muller at the Paris National Conservatory.
Pavel Gomziakov made his highly acclaimed US debut with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra conducted by Trevor Pinnock in April 2010 which resulted in an
immediate re-engagement for a second appearance in June 2012.
Mr. Gomziakov performs throughout Europe, South America, and Japan.
Recent and upcoming engagements include appearances with the Finnish Chamber
Orchestra (with Jukka-Pekka Saraste), the Orchestre National du Capitole de
Toulouse (with Tugan Sokhiev), the Russian National Orchestra, the Seattle
Symphony Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, I Pomeriggi Musicali Milano, the
Polish Baltic Philharmonic, the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, the
Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, the Orchestre d’Avignon, and the National
Philharmonic of Russia. In the past seasons, he has been guest soloist
with the New Japan Philharmonic, London Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National de
Montpellier, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, led by
conductors such as Jesus Lopez Cobos, Christopher Warren-Green, Trevor Pinnock
and many others. He has also performed at the White Nights Festival in Saint
Petersburg at Valery Gergiev’s invitation. Other festival appearances
include the Povoa de Varzim, Menton, and Colmar festivals.
Mr. Gomziakov is also a sought-after chamber music partner. He was noticed by
pianist Maria Joao Pires and together they have performed throughout Europe, the
Far East, and South America at such venues as Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in
Paris, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Teatro Real in Madrid, the Köln Philharmonie,
the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the CCB in Lisbon, and Sumida Tryphony Hall in
Tokyo. Their recording of late works by Chopin for Deutsche Grammophon,
released in 2009, received a Grammy Award nomination.
In addition to working with Maria Joao Pires, he regularly collaborates with
artists such as Augustin Dumay, Louis Lortie, Andreï Korobeinikov, Vanessa
Wagner, Anastasya Terenkova performing at venues such as the Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam.
His latest recording of Haydn Cello Concertos was released on May 20th, 2016
for the Onyx label. Thanks to the generous loan of the Museo Nacional da
Musica in Lisbon, for this recording, Mr. Gomziakov played on the 1725
“Chevillard King of Portugal” Stradivarius cello formerly belonging to the
Portuguese royal family. He also recorded Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No.
1 and “La Muse et le Poète” with the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra and Augustin
Dumay for the Onyx label, released in 2012. His performance of
Schumann's Cello Concerto with Orchestre de Chambre de Wallonie and Augustin
Dumay as conductor, was filmed for Arte and broadcast on television in Belgium,
France and Germany in 2008.
Mr. Gomziakov currently lives in Lisbon, Portugal.
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