Pavel Kolesnikov Recital - piano Nouvelle Génération

A live recording of his performances at the competition was released on the Honens label in March 2013, BBC Music Magazine hailed its "tremendous clarity, unfailing musicality and considerable beauty". Since then, he has recorded a first studio album on the Hypérion label; this record, released in June 2014, is entirely devoted to Tchaikovsky. Warmly received by the critics, the Sunday Times stressed "the affection and élan" of the young artist's playing.

Winning the Honens Prize has enabled Pavel Kolesnikov to give recitals and play at major festivals, at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Louvre in Paris, the Vancouver Recital Society, La Jolla Music Society, the Spoleto Festival in the United States, the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival and the Banff Summer Arts Festival in Canada, and at the Plush Festival in the UK. Invitations soon arrived to play with orchestras, including the National Philharmonic of Russia, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Pavel Kolesnikov, who now lives in London, was born in Siberia into a family of scientists. He studied the piano and violin for ten years, before devoting his energies exclusively to the piano. He studied at the Moscow State Conservatory under Sergeï Dorensky, at the Royal College of Music in London under Norma Fisher, and at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels under Maria João Pires, thanks to the support of Christopher D. Budden, the RCM Scholarship Foundation and the Hattori Foundation.

In October 2014, Kolesnikov was named one of the "New Generation Artists" by BBC Radio 3 for 2014 to 2016, This programme comprises tours and recordings, as well as broadcasts of concerts with the BBC orchestras.