Natalia Troull began studying piano in her native St. Peterburg. She later moved to Moscow where she graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. Among her teachers were professors Y. Zak, M. Voskresensky and T. Kravchenko.

Her performance career was launched when she won first prize at the Belgrade International Piano Competition in 1983. However, the biggest success came in 1986 she won the silver medal at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. The public was swept off its feet by her interpretation of composers such as Schubert and Stravinsky. Her “Petroushka” suite left an everlasting impression on the public and critics alike.

In 1993, Natalia Troull was awarded the Grand Prix at the Piano Masters Competition in Monte-Carlo (where only winners of international competitions are accepted as participants).

Natalia Troull’s complete control and fantastic virtuosity place her in a class of her own, and she is in great demand as a performer all over the world. Among the distinguished orchestras with whom she has performed are the London Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de Monte-Carlo, Tonhalle Symphony Orchestra and all of the major Russian Symphony Orchestras.

Natalia Troull has also played with such conductors as Raphael Frubeck de Burgos, Raymond Leppard, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Eri Klas, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Vassily Sinaisky, Yuri Temirkanov and many others.

Her repertoire includes over 50 concertos, of which the Tchaikovsky concerto has proved to be the most popular, the pianist having performed the work on over one hundred occasions in the world’s leading concert halls. Her most brilliant performances of the Tchaikovsky concerto were in Hollywood Bowl under Eri Klas and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and in Suntory Hall with Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Koizumi Kazuhiro (1998-99 season).

Natalia’s performances today are remarkable for her total absorption in the music her unique stage presence and technical mastery in presenting a wide repertoire of works.

Natalia Troull is frequently invited to teach to the U.S.A., Japan, Italy, Germany and South America. She is Professor at the Moscow Tchaikovky Concervatory. She is permanently a jury member of many international piano competitions.

Florian Uhlig was born in Düsseldorf and gave his first piano recital at the age of twelve. He studied at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Florian Uhlig made his orchestral debut in 1997 at the Barbican in London. Since then, his busy concert schedule has taken him to the most important international concert halls. He has performed with orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, the Bavarian Radio Chamber Orchestra, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. His artistic collaborations have brought him together with conductors such as Krzysztof Penderecki, Josep Caballé, Claus Peter Flor, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Kristjan Järvi, Michail Jurowski, Michael Sanderling and Gerard Schwarz. Florian Uhlig has been invited to festivals including the Beethoven Festivals in Bonn and Warsaw, the Casals Festival, Lorin Maazel’s Castleton Festival, the Menuhin Festival Gstaad, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, France Musique Paris, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Schwetzinger Festspiele and the Wiener Festwochen.
Florian Uhlig has released around 30 recordings on the hänssler CLASSIC label, which have received high praise and awards from the international music press. His 19-volume Schumann cycle was honoured with the Annual German Record Critics’ Award 2021, an OPUS KLASSIK 2022 and the Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau 2023. Appointed Professor of Piano at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music Dresden in 2014, Florian Uhlig accepted an appointment at the Lübeck University of Music in October 2019. He gives masterclasses in Germany, Switzerland, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Canada and the USA. In May 2015, Florian Uhlig was awarded honorary membership of the Royal Academy of Music in London.

©  Marco Borggreve