A victory at the "Kogan-Fest" in Yaroslavl brought violinist Yulia Pyanikova to the stage of Japan. — YAGSO

A victory at the "Kogan-Fest" in Yaroslavl brought violinist Yulia Pyanikova to the stage of Japan.

Победа на «Коган-фесте» в Ярославле привела скрипачку Юлию Пьяникову на сцену Японии

Violinist Yulia Pyanikova, who won the first prize at the International Violin Competition «Kogan-Fest» in Yaroslavl in 2025, received an invitation to perform in Japan. The concert took place on September 19.

The musician will perform the same program before the Yaroslavl audience on November 14 as part of the «Tchaikovsky» concert.

Yulia Pyanikova is a concert violinist, a laureate of the International I. F. Stravinsky Competition, and a finalist of the International Leonid Kogan Violin Competition in Brussels. In total, her creative biography includes more than 15 awards at international competitions in Russia and abroad.

As part of the «Tellur-Trio,» the artist became a laureate of the International S. I. Taneyev Chamber Ensemble Competition and a winner of the Maria Yudina Competition. As a soloist, she has collaborated with conductors Mikhail Golikov, Filippo Dessi, Artyom Markin, Vasily Valitov, Sergei Durygin, and Dmitry Ralko, and has also performed with leading Russian orchestras in Russia and abroad.

Pyanikova graduated with honors from the Central Music School in the class of Honored Artist of Russia Sergei Kravchenko. She is currently continuing her studies in her fourth year at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.