Pavel Gomziakov | Cello
“This was a hugely impressive debut by a young musician who is clearly on his way to having a major career.” Lawrence A. Johnson, Chicago Classical review
Noticed by Maria Joao Pires, cellist Pavel Gomziakov made a Chopin recording with her for Deutsche Grammophon (released in 2009, it received a Grammy Award nomination). Together they have performed numerous times throughout Europe, the Far East, and South America in all the most prestigious venues such as Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris), Victoria Hall (Geneva), Teatro Real (Madrid), Köln Philharmonie, Konzerthaus (Vienna), CCB (Lisbon) and Sumida Tryphony Hall (Tokyo).
In April 2010 Pavel Gomziakov made a “spectacular” US debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Trevor Pinnock, highly praised and acclaimed by the press. As a result he was immediately reinvited to perform with the CSO in June 2012.
Pavel Gomziakov plays in England, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil, Canada, the USA, Japan, … In Russia he was invited by Valery Gergiev to perform at the White Nights Festival.
His recent/forthcoming engagements include appearances with the Finnish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Tugan Sokhiev, the Russian National Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, I Pomeriggi Musicali Milano, the Polish Baltic Philharmonic, the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, the Orchestre d’Avignon, the National Philharmonic of Russia, at the White Nights festival in Saint Petersburg invited by V. Gergiev, at the Povoa de Varzim and Colmar festivals, at the CCB in Lisboa, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and on tour in Japan.