Navona Records · 2021
Piano Fantasies
Works that stretch the imagination—from the intimate and lyrical to the boldly virtuosic.
Ukrainian-American concert pianist
Pavlo
Gintov
“A poet of the keyboard” whose performances bring architectural clarity and vivid storytelling to the concert stage.
Photography © Banazo
Discover01 / Biography
From a Kyiv Philharmonic debut at twelve to the stages of Carnegie Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, and Kioi Hall in Tokyo.
Pavlo Gintov has performed throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States. He has appeared as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Tokyo Royal Chamber Orchestra, Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, and the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic.
A native of Ukraine, he is a First Prize winner of the Takamatsu International Piano Competition and the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Manhattan School of Music and graduated with honors from Moscow State Conservatory.
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His performances have been heard on WFMT Chicago, WCLV Cleveland, Wisconsin Public Radio, and radio and television stations in Japan, Ukraine, and across Europe. Conductors with whom he has collaborated include Michiyoshi Inoue, Victor Yampolsky, Thomas Sanderling, Vladimir Sirenko, and Shinsaku Tsutsumi.
An avid chamber musician, Gintov has worked with violinists Nina Beilina and Alena Baeva, cellists Yehuda Hanani and Marina Tarasova, tenor Neil Rosenshein, pianist Mykola Suk, and the woodwind quintet Windscape. He regularly performs with his sister, violinist Iryna Gintova, and received the prize for best collaborative pianist at the International Paganini Violin Competition in Moscow.
His teachers include Lev Naumov, Daniil Kopylov, and Nina Svetlanova. His awards also include the Bach Prize at the Rina Sala Gallo International Piano Competition and the prize for Best Performance of Russian Music at the Russian Music International Piano Competition in San Jose.
At the piano — Artistry in performance
02 / Recordings
Selected discography
Music with a sense
of discovery.
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03 / Performances
Watch & listen
At the piano.
04 / Career
Across four continents
International stages.
Singular voice.
- New YorkCarnegie Hall
- BerlinBerlin Philharmonie
- TokyoKioi Hall
- MilanTeatro Verdi
- KyivNational Philharmonic
Selected performance archive
2018 · Kyiv Bortkiewicz Concerto No. 3 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.
2018 · Houston “Ukrainian Muse” with Apollo Chamber Players.
2017 · Kyiv Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for Ukraine’s Independence Day.
2015 · Washington, D.C. Duo recital at the National Gallery of Art.
2015 · Wisconsin Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 with Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra.
2013 · Chicago Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, broadcast live on WFMT.
05 / Press
Critical acclaim
“A musical
storyteller.”
— Shikoku News, Japan
“A poet of the keyboard.”
Marty Lash · Illinois Entertainer
“Pavlo Gintov played with passion, technical brilliance and a remarkable range of color.”
Selected press review
“Impressive command and deeply felt musicianship.”
International press
06 / Contact