Valencia, Spain
On 2 September, the 15th InClassica International Music Festival opens its new edition with a spectacular performance by the Orquesta Internacional de Valencia at the iconic Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Spain. Under the baton of Vicente Alberola, the orchestra is joined by acclaimed pianist Andrey Gugnin for an unforgettable opening concert that celebrates exceptional artistry, musical brilliance, and the beginning of a remarkable festival journey.
Over the past decade, he has served as guest principal clarinet with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Les Dissonances, and MMCK Tokyo, performing under the baton of Claudio Abbado, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti, Daniel Harding, Andris Nelsons, Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert, and Nicola Luisotti, among others.
He has conducted the Mahler Chamber Orchestra on several occasions, including at the Beijing Festival and the Hamburg Festival.
In 2003, he was appointed Director of the Youth Orchestra of the Madrid Opera, and in 2007, Director of the Youth Orchestra of Soria. He served as Principal Conductor of the Orquesta 430 de Vigo.
He has conducted the Oviedo Filarmonía, Orquesta de Castilla y León, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Real Filharmonía de Santiago, Orquesta del Vallès, Orquesta Sinfónica de Valencia, the National Youth Orchestra of Spain, the Youth Orchestra of the Canary Islands, and the Youth Orchestra of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia.
Most recently, he has been invited to conduct the National Orchestra of Colombia and MMCJ Tokyo.
In the realm of chamber music, he is a regular performer at the Beethoven Festival, the Alella Festival, and the Rachmaninoff Conservatory in Paris.
Moscow-born concert pianist Andrey Gugnin is rapidly gaining international acclaim as a passionately virtuosic performer, who possesses an ‘extraordinarily versatile and agile technique, which serves an often-inspired musical imagination’ (Gramophone). Winner of the 2016 Sydney International Piano Competition, 2024 'Classic Piano' International Piano Competition, 2023 International German Piano Award, and 2020 BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Category, Andrey has gone from strength to strength in concerts and recordings which exhibit his impassioned interpretations.
In demand as a concert soloist, Andrey has been invited to perform as a guest artist with notable international orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Nederlands Symfonieorkest, Utah Symphony, Johannesburg Philharmonic, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Read MoreAndrey has performed on some of the most prestigious stages worldwide inclusive of the Wiener Musikverein, Konzerthaus Berlin, Victoria Hall Geneva, Carnegie Hall, Salt Lake City’s Abravanel Hall, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Sydney Opera House, The Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Mariinsky Concert Hall, the Louvre, and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. Andrey has also appeared at several international festivals including Verbier Festival, Klavier
Festival Ruhr, Mariinsky International Piano Festival, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Ohrid Summer Festival, and Duszniki International Chopin Festival.
As a critically acclaimed recording artist, Andrey has published a broad scope of repertoire, ranging from solo piano, chamber works, and concertos. His 2019 Hyperion release of Shostakovich Preludes & Sonatas gained the BBC Music Magazine December 2019 recording of the month and 2020 Instrumental Category prize. Preceding this, his 2018 Piano Classics release of Liszt’s Transcendental Studies which gained Critic’s and Editor’s Choice in Gramophone and the 2007 recording of Shostakovich concertos on Delos International was featured in the soundtrack of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film Bridge of Spies. Andrey’s 2025 solo Grieg album on the Hyperion Label was shortlisted in the Gramophone awards.
As a fierce competitor in keyboard competitions worldwide and beyond Andrey’s first prize wins at the Sydney Piano Competition, International German Piano Award, and Dubai 'Classic Piano' International Piano Competition; further awards have included the Gold Medal and Audience Award at the 2014 International Gina Bachauer Piano Competition and second prize at the 2013 Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna.
Recent highlights of Andrey’s 2025/2026 season include performances with orchestras such as Galicia Symphony Orchestra, and most recently with the Wisconsin Philharmonic and La Crosse Symphony Orchestra in April 2026.
