Pavel Lvovich Gililov (Russian: Павел Львович Гилилов; born 23 June 1950) is a Ukrainian classical pianist who has held German citizenship since 2003.
Life
Born in Donezk, Gililov's musical talent was discovered by the Russian composer Dmitry Kabalevsky. He completed his studies both in piano performance and Lied piano at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with distinction. While still a student, he won the 1972 Moscow National Piano Competition and was eventually the 4th prize winner of the 1975 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He was also a laureate of the International Viotti Piano Competition in Vercelli in 1978.[1][2]
Gililov emigrated in 1978[1] from the former Soviet Union first to Austria and finally to Germany.[3]
He also gives numerous piano master classes in Japan, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, such as the Summer Classics in the Mayen/Koblenz district,[1] of which he was artistic director from 1997 to 2009, or the Summer Academy in Lausanne for violin sonatas with piano together with Pierre Amoyal.[8][9]
Private life
Gililov has married three times and has four sons from these marriages. His first wife was the musician Olga Martynova, his second wife the pianist Carmen Daniela, with whom he performed for over two decades and also produced sound and video recordings.[10]
Recordings
Johannes Brahms: Sonatas for Violoncello and Piano among others (with Mischa Maisky);
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (with Boris Pergamenschikow), Flute Trio op.78 (with Andras Adorjan and Boris Pergamenschikow).
Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano op.6 and Hans Pfitzner: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano op.1 (with Walter Nothas)
