Following her sensational win at the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2010, pianist Yulianna Avdeeva has given debut performances with the New York Philharmonic in Warsaw and New York, and with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit. Other highlights in her so far illustrious career have included performances with the Czech Philharmonic, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.

She is known for performing on period instruments, and the instrument she performs on in this recording is an Erard piano made in Paris in 1849. She is accompanied by the Orchestra of the 18th Century conducted by Frans Bruggen, who was once the world’s most famous recorder-player, but these days is better known as one of the foremost experts in the performance of eighteenth century music.

The recording itself forms one of the most exciting surveys of Chopin’s music and is a truly stunning performance from this talented young Russian pianist and the Orchestra of the 18th Century.