Pavel Timofejevsky
Pavel studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 2002-2008 with Professor Tatiana Sarkissova graduating with distinction from both the Bachelor and Postgraduate Diploma courses. In 2006, he received the Leslie England Award for achieving one of the highest marks for his Final Recital and was then invited to perform solo in the Queen Elizabeth Hall as part of the Shostakovich centenary festival. Pavel has also given solo and chamber performances in London at the Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Room, St. John’s Smith Square, St. Martin’s in the Field, St. James’ Piccadilly, the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and worldwide in Paris, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Cyprus, Calcutta and Mumbai. In the Academy, Pavel received the John Ireland prize, the Michael Head prize for best accompanist, prizes at the Jacques Samuels and the Beethoven Society Intercollegiate Competitions and, in 2008, 4th prize at the 19th Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist International Competition. As a postgraduate, he was awarded the Musician Benevolent Fund Award, the 2007 Myra Hess Award, and the Philharmonia Orchestra Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Award. Pavel also received the Janet Duff Greet Prize for best performance of twentieth century music, for his interpretation of Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No 4.
Pavel is also a very keen promoter of contemporary music and has given world premiers of works by Ian Stewart, Liz Johnson, Gregorio Zanon and John Carmichael. Always interested in trying something new, Pavel, in 2005, recorded the soundtrack and starred as young Tchaikovsky in the documentary film “Tchaikovsky” for the US “Biography TV” channel. Two years later he was commissioned to compose the score for the feature-length documentary “Le fin de la belle époque” for Russian TV which received great critical acclaim. In 2009 Pavel was appointed Musician in Residence at St John’s Church, Notting Hill, London. The season of 2010 saw Pavel performing at Schumann and Chopin Festivals at St. Barnabas Church. Recent highlights included performing the solo part and conducting from the piano Bach’s D minor keyboard concerto at the Notting Hill Mayfest and a concert tour of the Lake District and the Isle of Man. Pavel has been selected to become 2011 Recommended Artist by the Making Music Young Concert Artist Awards.
