Peter Laul

Born into a family with deep musical traditions, he received his professional training at the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory. He studied under the guidance of Professor Alexander Sandler, a prominent figure in the St. Petersburg piano school. After graduating, he joined the faculty of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he continues to pass on his artistic experience to the next generation of pianists.

His competitive career is marked by significant international achievements. In 1995, he won Third Prize and a special prize for the best performance of a work by Johann Sebastian Bach at the Bremen International Piano Competition. Returning to the same competition in 1997, he secured First Prize and a special award for the best performance of a Schubert sonata. In 2000, he won First Prize at the Scriabin International Piano Competition in Moscow. For his contributions to musical culture, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation awarded him the honorary medal “For Achievements in the Arts” in 2003.

Concert Activity and Orchestral Collaborations

He maintains a busy international touring schedule, appearing as a soloist with leading Russian and foreign ensembles. He has performed with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, and the Moscow State Kapella Orchestra. His international collaborations include performances with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the theater orchestras of Dessau, Bremerhaven, and Oldenburg in Germany, the Brazilian National Symphony Orchestra, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, and the French orchestra Les Siècles under the direction of François-Xavier Roth.

He has shared the stage with many distinguished conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Vassily Sinaisky, Eri Klas, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Nikolai Znaider, Maxim Shostakovich, and Nikolai Alexeev[cite: 1].

Recitals and Festivals

His solo appearances encompass major concert halls worldwide. In Russia, he regularly performs at the Petersburg Philharmonia, the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, the halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, and the Moscow International House of Music.

His international recital career includes venues such as the Auditorium du Louvre, the Théâtre de la Ville, the Théâtre du Châtelet, and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Salle Molière and Opéra de Lyon, Lincoln Center in New York, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Vredenburg in Utrecht, Casino Basel, Die Glocke in Bremen, the Corum in Montpellier, Tokyo Opera City Hall, the Luxembourg Philharmonic Hall, and the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels.

He is a frequent guest at prominent music festivals, including the Stars of the White Nights in St. Petersburg, Art November in Moscow, the Kamchatka Spring Festival, the Serres d’Auteuil festival in Paris, the Schubertiade and Beethoven Festivals in Colmar, the Saint-Riquier Festival, the Łańcut Spring Festival in Poland, and Le Printemps des Arts in Monaco.

Chamber Music and Discography

An accomplished chamber musician, he regularly collaborates with prominent instrumentalists, including Ilya Gringolts, Dmitry Kouzov, Marc Coppey, Graf Mourja, Sergey Levitin, Valery Sokolov, Alexander Ghindin, Diemut Poppen, Françoise Groben, Gary Hoffman, David Grimal, Laurent Korcia, and Tedi Papavrami.

His extensive discography includes studio recordings for notable international labels such as Harmonia Mundi, Aeon, Onyx, Naxos, Marquis Classics, Querstand, Integral Classics, King Records, and Northern Flowers, alongside numerous broadcasts for television and radio stations in Russia and abroad.