About | Pascal Nemirovski | Pianist & Pedagogue

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Pascal Nemirovski is widely recognised as one of the most distinguished and sought-after piano pedagogues of his generation. Many of his students have won top prizes at major international competitions including the Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow), Leeds, Busoni, Ettlingen, Dublin, Sydney, Hastings, Casagrande, Sendai International Music Competition, Piano Campus International Piano Competition, Young Concert Artists (New York), Young Classical Artists Trust (London), and BBC New Generation Artist. Several of them have gone on to successful international careers as recording artists represented by leading management agencies such as IMG Artists, HarrisonParrott, Askonas Holt and Intermusica. Among his former students are Lise de la Salle, Louis Schwizgebel, Emanuil Ivanov, George Harliono, Daniel Lebhardt, Roman Kosyakov, Edward Leung, Mario Mora, Yi Zhong and many others.

Nemirovski studied at the Juilliard School in New York from 1981 to 1984 with Nadia Reisenberg and Adele Marcus on a full scholarship from the Steinway & Freundlich Fund. He subsequently continued his studies in Paris with France Clidat and Alexis Weissenberg. Alongside his performing career, he has appeared widely as a recitalist and masterclass teacher across Europe, the United States and Asia. In 2004 he released his debut recording, Entre Ciel et Terre, devoted to works by Chopin, Prokofiev and Scriabin, which received unanimous critical acclaim.

His vocation for teaching was recognised at an early stage, and he has since been invited to give masterclasses, lectures and workshops at leading institutions around the world. These include the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shenzhen Arts School and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music in China; the Sibelius Academy in Finland; the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris; the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin; the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music and the Jerusalem Music Centre in Israel; the Moscow Conservatory and Central Music School in Russia; and in the United Kingdom the Royal Academy of Music, the Purcell School and the University of Oxford. He is also frequently invited to serve on the juries of major international piano competitions worldwide.

Nemirovski taught for ten years at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he was later awarded the distinction of Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon ARAM). During his tenure he was responsible for the Piano Pedagogy specialism for the Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music (LRAM) and edited two pedagogical publications. He also taught at the Purcell School for Young Musicians during this period.

In 2016 he joined the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he holds the position of International Chair in Piano. He has also served as Artistic Director and Chairman of the Madrid International Piano Competition.

In 2023 he founded IPM – International Piano Masters combining masterclasses, competitions, Lectures, the initiative aims to create an inspiring and supportive environment for young musicians at the highest level.

Pascal Nemirovski is a Steinway Artist.

"... A Prokofiev Seventh Sonata boasting perfect rhythmic quality and remarkable balance between virtuosity and musicality: good blood never lies!"

Jacques Doucelin, LE FIGARO

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - International Chair in Piano

Royal Academy of Music, London - Hon ARAM

IPM - International Piano Masters, CEO & Founder

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MASTERCLASSES
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS

Austria: Wiener Meisterkurse Festival.
Bulgaria: Young Virtuosos Foundation, Sofia.
China: Shanghai Conservatory & Middle school, Beijing Central and China Conservatory & Middle school, Shenzhen Arts. School, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Guangzhou Conservatory & Middle school.
Croatia: Piano Loop Academy, Split.
Finland: Sibelius Academy, Helsinki.
France: MusicAlp, Courchevel and Tignes. Colmar, International Festival, Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris, Concours International de Lagny-Sur-Marne, Concours International Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Saint-Priest, Lyon).
Germany: Edwin Fisher Summer Academy, Potsdam. International Piano Competition - Master Class - Festival MozArte, Aachen.
Georgia: International Piano Masters, Tbilisi.
Indonesia: Indonesia International Piano Competition.
Ireland: Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin.
Italy: MusicFestPerugia, Perugia. Conservatorio Claudio Monteverdi, Bolzano. Bergamo International Music Festival. Academia Internationale di Musica e Arte, Rome.
Israel: Buchmann-Mehta School of music, Tel-Aviv and The Jerusalem Music Centre, PianoFest Arad.
Lithuania: Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius.
Philippines: University of Santo Tomas. University of the Philippines.
Russia: Moscow Conservatory and Central School of Music attached to the Conservatory.
Singapore: Steinway Piano Competition.
Spain: Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, Valencia International Performance Academy and Festival, Campillos International Piano Competition, Talent Music Summer Courses & Festival, Musical Arts Madrid, Madrid International Piano Competition.
Taiwan: International Taipei Maestro Piano Festival, National Taiwan Normal University
South Korea: Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition for young musicians, Seoul.
UK: Royal Academy of Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Royal College of Music, Oxford University, Chetham’s International Summer School and Festival for Pianists, Manchester, Cadenza, Purcell School. London Overseas Musicians League (LOML), Tonbridge UK. Opus One Summer Music Festival, London.
USA: Young Concert Artists, New York. Manhattan International Music Competition. San José International Piano Competition. Piano Texas International Festival & Academy> Opus One International music festival, Los Angeles.

With Yehudi Menuhin

Colmar International Festival - Masterclasses

Conservatoires

Teaching Positions

Royal Academy of Music London (2006-2017)

Responsible for the Subject Specialism "Piano Pedagogy" for LRAM (Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music)
HonARAM (Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music)

The Purcell School (2011-2017)

Specialist School for Gifted Musicians

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2015- )

International Chair in Piano

Some International Prize-Winning Former Students

Louis Schwizgebel

2nd Prize Concours de Genève (2005)

2nd Prize Leeds International Piano Competition (2012)

BBC New Generation Artist (2013)

1st Prize Young Concert Artists (New York) (2007)

Lise de la Salle

1st Prize Ettlingen International Piano Competition Bärenreiter Special Prize (2000)

1st Prize Young Concert Artists (New York) (2004)

Daniel Lebhardt

1st Prize Young Concert Artists (YCA) New York (2014)

Most Promising Pianist Prize at the Sydney International Competition (2016)

Roman Kosyakov

3rd Prize and The Bridget Doolan Prize for the best performance of a piece by Mozart of The 12th Dublin International Piano Competition (Ireland, 2022)

1st prize Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, and was also awarded the competition’s Orchestra Prize - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)

1st Prize Campillos International piano Competition (2021)