Behzod Abduraimov

Behzod Abduraimov’s performances combine an immense depth of musicality with phenomenal technique and breathtaking delicacy. He performs with renowned orchestras worldwide including the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the San Francisco Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the Concertgebouworkest, the Czech Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony, and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) with prestigious conductors such as, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Gustavo Dudamel, Semyon Bychkov, Gianandrea Noseda, Juraj Valčuha, Vasily Petrenko, and Constantinos Carydis.

Abduraimov’s 2023–2024 performances include appearances with the Chicago Symphony, the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the Houston Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, and a tour of Spain and Belgian National Orchestra performing at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Abduraimov will also return to the Israel Philharmonic and appear with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor collaborations include Osmo Vänskä, Juraj Valčuha, Constantinos Carydis, Robin Ticciati, Manfred Honeck, Yoel Levi, Han-Na Chang, Hannu Lintu, and Andris Poga.

In recital Abduraimov has appeared a number of times at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and has recently been presented by Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Toppan Hall, Tokyo, Teatro alla Scala, and La Società dei Concerti di Milano. In 2023–2024 Abduraimov will appear twice at Carnegie Hall—returning to the Stern Auditorium for a solo recital, followed by a duo recital with Daniel Lozakovich at the Weill Auditorium. The duo will present recitals elsewhere in North America including Bing Hall, Stanford, and the Vancouver Recital series. Abduraimov will also perform in recital at the Seoul Arts Centre, Shanghai Concert Hall, Amare Hall, Hague, and the Tuesday Evening Concert Series in Charlottesville. Regular festival appearances include Aspen, Verbier, Rheingau, La Roque Antheron, Lucerne, and Ravello festivals.

Abduraimov’s second recital recording for Alpha Classics will be released in March 2024 featuring works by Ravel, Prokofiev, and the Uzbek composer, Dilorom Saidaminova. 2021 saw the highly successful release of his first recital album for Alpha Classics based on a program of miniatures including Mussorgsky’sPictures at an Exhibition. In 2020 recordings included Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganiniwith the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra under James Gaffigan, recorded on Rachmaninoff’s own piano from Villa Senar for Sony Classical and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with Concertgebouworkest, for the RCO live label. Both recordings were nominated for the 2020 Opus Klassik awards in multiple categories. A DVD of his BBC Proms debut in 2016 with Münchner Philharmoniker was released in 2018. His 2012 debut CD of Liszt, Saint- Saëns, and Prokofiev for Decca won the Choc de Classica and Diapason Découverte and his first concerto disc for the label featured Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1.

Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1990, Abduraimov began the piano aged five as a pupil of Tamara Popovich at Uspensky State Central Lyceum in Tashkent. In 2009, he won first prize at the London International Piano Competition with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. He studied with Stanislav Ioudenitch at the International Center for Music at Park University, Missouri, where he is Artist-in-Residence.