Denis Matsuev is a famous Russian pianist, whose fame is thundering all over the world. And he still calls himself a simple Siberian and is proud that he was born and raised in Russia.
Childhood
Denis Matsuev was born in 1975 in Irkutsk. His family has been musical for many generations, so the choice of a profession was destined for Denis from birth. But no one, of course, thought that an ordinary Siberian boy would become a world famous pianist and would play the piano of Sergei Rachmaninoff himself.
Denis's mother taught piano, but the boy's first teacher was his grandmother, who was a master of several instruments. Denis's talent manifested itself early, he studied at the best music school in Irkutsk. But soon this seemed to the little-growing gifted pianist, and therefore the family decided to move to Moscow.
Education
Denis does not get tired of thanking his parents for sacrificing an arranged life for him and exchanging the Siberian expanses for a small one-room apartment in Moscow. This gave him the opportunity to become who he became.
Denis entered the specialized Music School at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and then the Conservatory itself.
Career
In his final year at the Conservatory, Denis Matsuev won the International Tchaikovsky Competition, the most prestigious competition in the world of music. Matsuev's performance shook the public. The fact is that Denis for the first time went beyond the strictly canonical performance of musical works, adding emotionality to them. Over time, it became the pianist's calling card. During the performance of Russian music, the entire breadth of the Siberian expanses and the power of the Russian spirit breaks out from under Matsuev's fingers.
The victory in the Tchaikovsky Competition was a powerful impetus for the pianist's career. He began to successfully tour around the world, where he was always eagerly awaited. Matsuev works at the Moscow Philharmonic, where he organized his own subscription, where he tries to attract the general public to classical music, and he succeeds.
Worldwide recognition
Matsuev is happily greeted by viewers from all over the world. Denis Matsuev has become a visiting card of Russia, its pride. He brilliantly performed at the closing of the Olympic Games in Sochi, where he amazed listeners from all over the world with the emotionality of his game and the beauty of Russian music.
Personal life
Denis Matsuev was known for a long time as an enviable bachelor. But a few years ago, the famous pianist married the ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater Yekaterina Shipulina. In 2016, the couple had a daughter. Denis tries to be an exemplary family man, as far as his touring activity allows him. He considers his wife and daughter to be the main thing in his life.
