Biography

Philipp Lynov was born in Russia in 1999 and began studying the piano at the age of six. In 2017, he graduated with honors from the Central Music School of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, having studied piano under Natalya Bogdanova. He is currently furthering his studies there with Professor Eliso Virsaladze. 

He has participated in masterclasses with Dmitri Alexeev, Hyoung-Joon Chang, Mikhail Voskresensky, Alexander Kobrin and Uta Weyand. He is also a scholarship holder of the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein and regularly takes part in the intensive weeks and activities that take place there. 

Philipp is a prize winner of various international piano competitions, including the 1^st prize at the “III International Neuhaus Piano Competition” (Russia), the 1^st prize at the “IV International Competition Astana Piano Passion” (Kazakhstan), the 1^st prize at the “II International Piano Competition Villa de Xabia” (Spain) and the Gold Medal of the “XIV Youth Delphic Games of Russia”, among others. In 2019, he won the 1^st prize at the “XI Paderewski International Piano Competition” in Bydgoszcz, Poland as well as several prizes, including price for the best performance of a commissioned piece. 

Philipp has frequently performed in the leading concert halls of Russia. He has also given concerts in Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, Israel, the Netherlands, Georgia, the USA and Switzerland. As a soloist with orchestra, he has appeared with the Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra (Bydgoszcz, Poland), the Region of Murcia Symphony Orchestra (Spain), the Astana Symphony Philharmonic Orchestra (Kazakhstan), the Irkutsk Governor's Symphony Orchestra (Russia), the Lipetsk Symphony Orchestra (Russia), the Lerman chamber orchestra (Russia), the Chamber Orchestra "The Seasons" (Russia) and the Chamber Orchestra "Capella Bydgostiensis"(Poland).

Philipp has collaborated with conductors including Kai Bumann, Gonzalo Berná Pic, Yerzhan Dautov, Yury Tkachenko and Vladislav Bulakhov and has participated in such festivals as the Rheingau Musik Festival in Germany and Stars on Baikal International Music Festival in Russia.