Rem Urasin

In 1995, Urasin was awarded 4th prize at the XIII International Chopin Piano Competition. He subsequently won the 2001 Monte-Carlo Music Masters competition and was second to John Chen at the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition. He also took part at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2005 and since 2000s performs with such venues as the Russian National Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Yekaterinburg Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Vienna and Krakow Chamber Orchestras. He also collaborated with many musicians, among which were: Veronika Dudarova, Kazimierz Kord, Mischa Maisky, Fuat Mansurov, Mikhail Pletnev, Julian Rachlin, Alexander Rudin, Vladimir Spivakov, Nikolay Sivchuk and Antoni Wit. In 2009 and 2010, Urasin prepared the vast Chopin cycle 'The Complete Works in Eleven Concerts', to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth. He has performed every composition Chopin wrote.

Rem Urasin studied at Moscow Conservatory. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are classical. Distinctions recorded are People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan and Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.