Abisal Gergiev was born in St Petersburg in 2000. Began to study music at the age of seven. In 2019 he graduated from the Secondary Special Music School of the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Alexander Sandler), and in 2023 – from Boston’s New England Conservatory (class of Wha Kyung Byun).
Prize-winner at the North International Music Competition (Stockholm, 2024; 2nd prize).
First appeared with the Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev at the opening of the State Philharmonic of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania in 2016. Regularly appears at the Mariinsky International Piano Festival. Has performed in Basel and Lugano (Switzerland) and Merano (Italy). Has repeatedly played at the Mikkeli Music Festival (Finland). In 2019 he gave a recital at the Verbier Festival, and in 2021 he appeared at the Sofia Philharmonic, participating in the International Festival Sofia Music Weeks. Has collaborated with the conductors Zaurbek Gugkaev and Artyom Markin. Has taken part in performances of chamber music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann and Bruch among others. Has appeared as an accompanist at concert halls in St Petersburg and Moscow.
Information for July 2024