Winner of the prestigious Sydney International Piano Competition in 2016, Andrey Gugnin also won the Gold Medal and Audience Award at the International Gina Bachauer Piano Competition in 2014, and second prize at the 2013 Beethoven Intemational Piano Competition in Vienna. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory studying under Prof. Vera Gornostaeva and received a doctoral degree there. He has performed with notable orchestras worldwide such as London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and South Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at venues such as Vienna's Musikverein, Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Carnegie Hall in New York, Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, Sydney Opera House, the Louvre in Paris, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space and Asahi Hamarikyu Hall.
Gugnin has also participated in a plethora of international festivals, including Verbier, Klavier Festival Ruhr, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, the Ohrid Summer Festival and the Duszniki Chopin International Festival.
