The Moscow organist, pianist and
harpsichordist Konstantin
Volostnov was born in Moscow in 1979. He began studying organ music in
Maria Potashnikova's class in Sergei Prokofiev Music School. From 1994 to 1999
he studied in the Academic Music College of The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
(piano and organ classes of Alexei Shmitov).
In 2004 Konstantin Volostnov graduated from
The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory where he studied with Professor Alexei
Parshin (organ), Yuri Martynov (piano), and Professor Alexei Lyubimov (chamber
ensemble). In 2007 Konstantin Volostnov got a diploma of Staatliche Hochschule
fur M&DK in Stuttgart where he took lessons from professor, doc. Ludger
Lohmann, and in the same year Konstantin finished post-graduate course of The
Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (organ class of professor Natalia Gureeva).
Konstantin Volostnov is a winner of the
First Prize at the E.F.Walcker-prize in Schramberg (Germany, 2008) and First
Prize at A.-F.Goedicke competition in Moscow (2008). In 2009 he became a winner
(First prize) at St.Albans organ competition (UK) where he also got Peter
Hurford prize (for the best performance of Bach’s work), Audience prize, and the
prize for the best performance of Sacrificium by John Casken.
Konstantin is a regular participant of the contemporary music festival
«Moscow Autumn» (2001 - 2009) and the Moscow International Organ Festival (2001
- 2007). The first organ and chamber music festival «The North Orpheus» (Kirov,
2001) awarded Konstantin with «Outstanding Music Mastership» diploma.
He has several CD record (modern music 2004, 2009 Moscow conservatoire, Six
organ sonatas by Mendelssohn 2006, 2008, Great organ works 2006 and others. He
has also recorded for radio-broadcast and TV.
He gives concerts throughout Russia and
abroad (France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, USA).