Roman Zaslavsky

"Playing the new generation of C. Bechstein grand pianos, I am genuinely impressed by how much they have evolved. I particularly love their singing tone, rich colours and remarkable responsiveness — they give me an exceptional freedom to reveal my artistic creativity."

Roman Zaslavsky

The St. Petersburg-born Russian-Israeli pianist Roman Zaslavsky gained international recognition after winning the First Prize at the prestigious José Iturbi Piano Competition in Valencia, Spain. Since then, he has regularly performed on the world's most important concert stages. His concert tours have taken him to nearly every European country as well as to Israel, Japan, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil. In recent years, he has also performed extensively in Asia, with concerts in Taiwan and China—including appearances at the National Concert Hall in Taipei, the Beijing Concert Hall, and the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. Highlights of the past season included his performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 with the Academy of Taiwan Strings at the National Concert Hall in Taipei—where he directed the orchestra from the keyboard, without a conductor—and a recital at the renowned Shenzhen Piano Festival in China. Furthermore, he has performed in many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls, such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Philharmonie am Gasteig in Munich, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Tonhalle Zürich, the Palau de la Música Valencia, the Auditorio Nacional de Música Madrid, the Salle Gaveau Paris, Oji Hall Tokyo, Kitara Hall Sapporo, Sala Cecilia Meireles Rio de Janeiro, Sala São Paulo, and the Jerusalem Theatre. His performances have received high acclaim from critics internationally.

Roman Zaslavsky is also a prize-winner at several major international piano competitions, including the Vendome Prize International Piano Competition in Cologne (First Prize—the only prize awarded) and the 3rd Hamamatsu Academy International Piano Competition in Japan (Second Prize). After emigrating from St. Petersburg in 1991, Zaslavsky moved first to Israel and later to Germany. He made his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda. Since then, he has collaborated with leading orchestras and conductors, including Michail Jurowski, László Kovács, Constantin Trinks, Ligia Amadio, and Ruben Gazarian.

Zaslavsky’s discography includes several releases with EuroArts Music International. His first Blu-ray audio recording, *Ingenious Opposites Vol. 1* (2012)—featuring works by Robert Schumann and Franz Liszt—received the Pizzicato Supersonic Award in 2013. The follow-up, *Ingenious Opposites Vol. 2* (2013), also garnered high acclaim. Other releases include a filmed studio solo recital featuring works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev (DVD, 2016) and a live recital featuring Schumann and Liszt (DVD, 2017). His recording for Decca Classics, featuring works by Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, was released in December 2020.

In 2017, Roman Zaslavsky was appointed Professor of Piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

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