Dmitry Korostelyov

Dmitry Korostelyov was born in 1979 in Volgograd where he received his first piano lessons. At the Moscow Conservatory he studied composition with Alexey Nikolayev, graduating in 2003, then completed a postgraduate course in the class of Valery Kikta. He also studied harpsichord and was assistant to Tatiana Zenaishvili.

He was awarded the prize for Best Accompanist at the 2005 Rimsky-Korsakov Wind and Percussion Instruments Competition in Saint Petersburg. As a pianist he has performed with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra, Pskov Philharmonic Orchestra, and Russkaya Conservatoria Chamber Capella. Dmitry's first recording for Grand Piano was an album of piano and chamber works by Boris Tchaikovsky (GP716) with fellow pianist Olga Solovieva and violinist Marina Dichenko.

Olga Solovieva

Russian pianist Olga Solovieva is a laureate of several international competitions, and in May 2019 she received the Glinka Medal for her contribution to musical art. She has performed in Russia and internationally and collaborated with musicians and ensembles including the Vanbrugh Quartet, Vilnius String Quartet, Christopher Marwood, Roel Dieltiens, Haik Kazazyan, Fanny Clamagirand, Julian Bliss and Sergey Kostylev, among others.

A graduate of the Russian Academy of Music, she has recorded two albums for Grand Piano, including Stanchinsky’s Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1 (GP766) and Boris Tchaikovsky's Piano and Chamber Works (GP716) together with compatriot Dmitry Korosteyov. Olga has been a professor at the Gnessin State Musical College since 2004. www.olga-solovieva.ru