Roman Kosyakov
was born into a musical family. He graduated from the Central Music School in Moscow where he studied with Farida Nurizade in 2012, and the Tchaikovsky Moscow Conservatory where he was under the tutelage of Vladimir Ovchinnikov in 2017. Since September 2017 he has studied at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on a full scholarship with Pascal Nemirovski.

In 2018 Kosyakov won the prestigious Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, and was also awarded the competition’s Orchestra Prize for his performance of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In January 2019 Kosyakov received the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – Musicians’ Company Silver Medal, and subsequently became a member of the Musicians’ Company’s Yeomen (Young Artists) Programme, through which he was invited to represent and launch the 2019 Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition at the House of Commons in London.

Kosyakov is a recipient of awards and scholarships from the Denis Matthews Memorial Trust Fund and Drake Calleja Trust, and is a Kirckman Concert Society artist. As part of the Fitzroy Piano Quartet, he won the Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition (strings ensemble category) in January 2020. This release marks his recording debut.