| Evgeny Kissin began to play the piano at the age of | | | | Philharmonic and at the Salzburg Easter Festival. The |
| two years old. He was born in October 1971 in | | | | Salzburg Festival, founded in the late 1960's, is said to |
| Moscow. At an age where many children are still | | | | be an exclusive event with brilliant talents participating |
| mastering talking in complete sentences, Kissin was | | | | each year. During the 1990's, Evgeny Kissin performed |
| playing the piano by ear as well as improvising. He | | | | in North America, as well, with the New York |
| began attending the Moscow Gnessin School of Music | | | | Philharmonic and at Carnegie Hall. He wowed the |
| studying under his teacher, Anna Pavlovna Kantor, at | | | | United States with his amazing piano talent while |
| the age of six years old. This was a special school for | | | | playing Chopin. |
| gifted children and Anna Pavlovna Kantor was his sole | | | | Kissin has received awards and accolades for his |
| teacher during his stint there. | | | | performances around the world. He has won acclaim |
| By age the age of ten he had already made his initial | | | | for his performances in Japan by winning the Crystal |
| concert debut. He played Mozart's Piano Concerto K. | | | | Prize of the Osaka Symphony Hall, Musician of the |
| 466. At the age of eleven he gave a solo recital in | | | | Year in Italy, Grammy awards in America, Triumph |
| Moscow. He began to be recognized globally by the | | | | Award from Russia among many others. |
| time he was twelve years old when he performed in | | | | His recordings have received multiple prizes, as well. |
| the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. During | | | | He has recorded LPs, CDs and DVDs. A documentary |
| this performance, he played Chopin's piano Concertos | | | | film was made about his life by Christopher Lupen in |
| 1 and 2 along with the Moscow State Philharmonic. | | | | 2000. It is called Evgeny Kissin: The Gift of Music and |
| This concert as well as several others were recorded | | | | is available on both video and DVD format. |
| and released as LPs by the recording label of Melodia. | | | | Kissin's talents have been described as poetic, deep, |
| His popularity soon led to concerts outside his native | | | | extraordinary and dazzling. He continues to develop as |
| country of Russia. He traveled to Japan as well as | | | | a performer and is a role model for up and coming |
| across both Western and Eastern Europe. He played | | | | modern pianists. He continues to record his work and |
| with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin | | | | perform around the world. |