Biography

Nikolai Medvedev is a Berlin-based pianist whose international career encompasses solo, orchestral and chamber music performances. He has appeared at venues including the Konzerthaus Berlin, Brucknerhaus Linz, Salle Cortot in Paris, Grieghallen in Bergen, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine in Kyiv, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Hayes Hall at Artis-Naples and Auditorio León de Greiff in Bogotá.

Medvedev’s extensive solo repertoire spans music from the Baroque to the twentieth century, with a particular emphasis on the Western European tradition and its central Classical and Romantic repertoire.

He also commands an extensive repertoire of works for piano and orchestra, encompassing many of the major concertos of the Classical and Romantic literature as well as works of the twentieth century. He has performed with orchestras under conductors including Paolo Bartolomeolli, Emil Tabakov, William Noll, Tom Seligman and José A. Méndez.

Chamber music forms an important part of Medvedev’s artistic activity. His wide-ranging chamber repertoire encompasses many of the central works of the classical repertoire, and his chamber music partners have included Mihaela Martin, Frans Helmerson, Klaus Mäkelä, Latica Honda-Rosenberg and Maria Ioudenitch.

Medvedev’s discography comprises three solo albums: Rachmaninoff, Medtner & Tchaikovsky: Piano Works (Quartz, 2021), Glazunov: Piano Sonatas (Quartz, 2022) and Fusions (SOMM Recordings, 2026). His recordings have attracted international critical attention from leading music publications including Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, RONDO Magazin, Musical Opinion, Pizzicato and MusicWeb International.

Critics have particularly noted the beauty and depth of his tone, his poise and precision, formidable virtuosity and profound structural understanding.

Medvedev studied at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow with Tatiana Zelikman, one of the most distinguished representatives of the Russian piano teaching tradition. His artistic development was further enriched by work with distinguished musicians such as Nikolai Petrov, Dmitry Bashkirov and Vladimir Tropp.

From 2014 to 2022, Medvedev was a faculty member at the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, where he taught solo piano and chamber music. Following his move to Berlin in 2022, he has worked at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin and the Universität der Künste Berlin. In autumn 2026, he joined the Barenboim-Said Akademie as a piano répétiteur, working with the violin studio of Prof. Mihaela Martin.

Alongside his performing and academic activities, Medvedev is regularly involved in charitable and socially engaged artistic projects.