Andrey Ponochevny
Andrey Ponochevny (Belarusian: Андрэй Паначэўны; born 31 December 1976) is a Belarusian-American pianist.
Biography
Ponochevny graduated from Belarusian Academy of Music where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees. He also holds his Artist Diploma from TCU, Fort Worth and SMU, Dallas, where he studied with Tamas Ungar and Joaquin Achucarro.[citation needed]
He was awarded the Bronze Medal at the XIII Tchaikovsky competition. Ponochevny has won First Prize at the "Tomassoni International Piano Competition in Cologne", Germany (1996) and the First Prize at the "William Kapell International Piano Competition in Maryland", USA (1998). His other competition accolades include top prizes in Prague, Warsaw (Chopin), Dublin (AXA), Moscow, Hong Kong, Riga (Latvia), Alexandria and New Orleans (Louisiana). He received an honorable mention at the XIII International Chopin Piano Competition.[citation needed]
Among his numerous awards, he was twice named "Outstanding Artist in China" (2009 and 2011). In his hometown of Minsk (Belarus), he was awarded the title "Minskovite of the year" in 2002.[citation needed]
In addition to his concert schedule, Mr.Ponochevny also teaches piano at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, and at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. [citation needed]
Ponochevny is a Yamaha Artist.[citation needed]
Year | Competition | Prize | 1st prize winner |
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1987 | ![]() | 1st prize | |
1991 | ![]() | 2nd prize | ![]() |
1996 | ![]() | 1st prize | |
1998 | ![]() | 1st prize | |
2002 | ![]() | 3rd prize | ![]() |
2005 | ![]() | 5th prize | ![]() |
2005 | ![]() | 4th prize | ![]() |
2007 | ![]() | 2nd prize | ![]() |
2010 | ![]() | 2nd prize | ![]() |
References
- [1] 2002 International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition Winners
- [2] 2010 New Orleans International Piano Competition Winners
- [3]
External links
- Website