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Behzod Abduraimov’s performances combine an immense depth of musicality with phenomenal technique and delicacy. He performs with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, and his critically acclaimed recordings have set a new standard for the piano repertoire.
Behzod’s 2026/27 season is anchored by an extensive collaboration with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov, with concerts in Prague followed by a European tour to Antwerp, Paris, Barcelona and Madrid. He also joins the Oslo Philharmonic for its New Year’s Concerts, and appears with the Netherlands Philharmonic at the Concertgebouw, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Nashville Symphony, Liège Royal Philharmonic and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra.
Last season brought important debuts with the New York Philharmonic and National Symphony Orchestra, both with Gianandrea Noseda, returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Houston Symphony, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Hong Kong Philharmonic, and a fourth solo recital at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium.
Recital and festival highlights this season include Cal Performances, the Vancouver Recital Society, the Verbier Festival in Shenzhen, the Dresden Music Festival and the Granada Festival. He regularly appears in leading recital series and recent seasons have included Concertgebouw, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seoul Arts Centre, Shanghai Concert Hall and Tokyo’s Toppan Hall, and at festivals including Aspen, La Roque d’Anthéron, Lucerne, Ravello, Rheingau, Tsinandali and Verbier.
He has also performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, NHK Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor collaborations include Semyon Bychkov, Gustavo Dudamel, Edward Gardner, Gustavo Gimeno, Jakub Hrůša, Gianandrea Noseda, Vasily Petrenko, Juraj Valčuha and Long Yu.
A Steinway Artist, Behzod has won numerous international awards for his recordings, including the Choc de Classica and Diapason Découverte. INFERNO, his third recital album for Alpha Classics, was released in May 2026 to critical acclaim. His Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and James Gaffigan, recorded on the composer’s own piano at Villa Senar for Sony Classical, was nominated for a 2020 Opus Klassik award.
Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1990, Behzod began playing the piano aged five as a pupil of Tamara Popovich at Uspensky State Central Lyceum in Tashkent. In 2009, he won first prize at the London International Piano Competition with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.3.
