Roman Viazovskiy
Roman Viazovskiy was born in Donetsk (Ukraine) in 1974. He first studied guitar with Viktor Krivenko and Valery Ivko and conducting with Ludmila Popova and Vladimir Viazovskiy in Donetsk. In 1995 he received a scholarship from the President of Ukraine for outstanding artistic achievements. After completing his diploma, he began postgraduate studies in 1996 with Prof. Reinbert Evers at the Detmold Academy of Music, Department Münster. He continued his education at the University of Music Cologne, Department Aachen, with Prof. Tadashi Sasaki.
Viazovskiy’s concert activity has taken him to almost all European countries, the Middle East, the USA, South America, China, Thailand and Japan. He appears regularly at major international guitar festivals. Renowned venues where he has performed as a soloist include the National Philharmonic of Ukraine in Kiev, the Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall in Tokyo, the Salle Claude-Champagne in Montreal and the Concertgebouw in Bruges. In March 2007 he made his debut at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall of the Moscow Philharmonic.
He has received numerous international awards and has participated in radio and television productions in Ukraine, Germany, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Hungary and Japan. His third CD “Zeitenwanderer” was released in April 2011. Earlier recordings include “Sonatas” (CLCL 102, gwk-records, 2006) and “Fatum” (CD 21001, Dreier.Gaido, 2001).
In addition to his concert career, Viazovskiy is an experienced teacher and has worked with pupils of all ages, with young highly talented students at music schools, and with professional guitarists and university students.
Selected Competition Prizes
- 1993 International Guitar Competition Zori, Poland (1st prize)
- 1994 International Guitar Competition Tychy, Poland (2nd prize)
- 1997 International Guitar Competition Tredrez-Locquemau, France (2nd prize)
- 1997 International Guitar Competition Weikersheim, Germany (1st prize)
- 1997 GWK Music Promotion Prize, Münster, Germany
- 1998 Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe, Germany (1st prize)
- 1999 42nd Tokyo International Guitar Contest, Japan (1st prize)
- 2000 Music Promotion Prize Sparkasse Aachen, Germany (1st prize)
- 2001 34th International Guitar Competition “Michele Pittaluga”, Alessandria, Italy (2nd prize)
- 2002 18th International Guitar Competition “Andres Segovia”, La Herradura-Almuñécar, Spain (2nd prize)
- 2003 8th International Guitar Competition “Forum Gitarre Wien”, Austria (1st prize)
- 2003 5th International Guitar Competition Sernancelhe, Portugal (1st prize)
- 2004 22nd International Guitar Competition “Guitar Foundation of America”, Montreal, Canada (2nd prize)
