New Generation Piano Recital – Valentin Malinin
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A breakout star and silver medallist at the XVII International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2023 and winner of the 2025 French Riviera Masters, Valentin Malinin has swiftly established himself as one of his generation’s most remarkable pianists.
The Russian musician and composer is now continuing on a career path of performances in the world’s most renowned venues.
Following his exquisite interpretation of John Cage’s works in February 2026, Mr Malinin returns to the Fondation Louis Vuitton with a signature recital spanning three centuries of piano music. Furthering the dialogue between musical heritage and creative innovation, his programme juxtaposes major repertoire staples – from Bach to Schumann, Prokofiev to Scriabin – with several of his own compositions.
Programme détaillé :
- JEAN-SÉBASTIEN BACH
French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 - ROBERT SCHUMANN
Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 - SERGEÏ PROKOFIEV
4 Etudes, Op. 2 - ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Preludes - VALENTIN MALININ
Créations (original compositions)
Valentin Malinin
Valentin Malinin was revealed with brilliance to the top international scene in summer 2023 as he won the second prize at the XVII Tchaikovsky International Competition, just a few months after his victory at the 25th Scriabin International Piano Competition in Italy, where he was also awarded the special prize ‘for the best performance of Scriabin's music’. In November 2025, he received the Grand Prix at the elite International Piano Competition in Nice ‘French Riviera Masters’. The jury of the competition was headed by the Canadian pianist Hélène Mercier.
His international recognition started since a very young age, at only 17 years old he won the Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition and two years later he conquered the Jaén Prize, the oldest competition in Spain.
Valentin is the guest of venues and festivals such as the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Mariinsky Theatre, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Rheingau Musik Festival, Rafael Orozco Piano Festival, ‘Pianissimo’ International Piano Festival; he has also toured in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Estonia, Lithuania, Georgia, China, South Korea.
Valentin plays under the baton of conductors including Vladimir Spivakov, Alexander Sladkovsky, Manuel Valdivieso, Salvador Vásquez, Yury Simonov and with orchestras such as the State Academic Symphony Orchestra ‘Evgeny Svetlanov’, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Nice Philharmonic Orchestra among many others.
Malinin graduated from the Central Music School at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class Mira Marchenko. He continued his studies in Berlin with professor Kirill Gerstein in Hanns Eisler School of Music, and currently he studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory with professor Ksenia Knorre.
Valentin Malinin is also an award-winning composer, studying composition since childhood with Karina Baras, he has written music for piano, chamber ensembles, choir and orchestra. In the beginning of December 2022, the pianist released a CD for Naxos with music by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Granados and his own piano fantasy ‘The Pearl Fishers’, based on Nadir’s Romance from Bizet’s opera ‘Les Pêcheurs de perles’. In April 2023, he won the Grand-Prix at the First All-Russian Composition Competition of the School-studio of Contemporary Art for the cycle for violin and piano "Memories in the twilight of a whiff”.
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