Stanislav Khegai


Stanislav Khegai is a Kazakhstani pianist. He is the winner of the 2014 European Piano Competition Bremen and prizewinner of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels and the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich. He was awarded with second prize at the III International Scriabin Piano Competition in Moscow and Grand-Prix at the International Piano Competition of Central Asia.

Biography

At fifteen, he was awarded the Grand-Prix at the International Piano Competition of Central Asia. The following year he played Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Philharmonic Orchestra. At the age of 18, he received the 2nd Prize in the Third International Scriabin Piano Competition in Moscow. In 2006, he was awarded the Arirang Prize in Arts in Kazakhstan. He is the prizewinner of the 15th Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels, Belgium and the 10th Concours Géza Anda in Zurich, Switzerland.
In March 2014, he became the winner of the XIV European Piano Competition Bremen. He was awarded three times the DAAD Scholarship.
Khegai gave recitals in Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Morocco, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Canada and South Korea. In November 2013, he performed Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 in the Great Hall of Gewandhaus zu Leipzig. He gave concerts in world venues, such as the Palais des Beaux-Arts BOZAR and Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Salle Cortot in Paris, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Radio Bremen Sendesaal and Glocke in Bremen, Great Hall of Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow, Guro Arts Valley Theater in Seoul, Schumann-Haus, Gasteig München, Ansan Arts Center in South Korea and has performed with prestigious orchestras, including the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, Bremen Philharmonic, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Moravian Philharmonic and Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors such as Gilbert Varga, Paul Goodwin, Nicholas Milton, Matthias Foremny and Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach, among others.
In the 2008–09 season, he toured Germany with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15. In July 2007, he performed a recital at the Mecklenburg–Vorpommern Festival with the works of Schubert, Brahms, Beethoven and Schumann. Stanislav Khegai gave recitals at Festivals, such as Les Nuits Musicales de Nice Festival, the Pianissimo Festival in Tartu, the 2010 Asian Composers League International Festival and the UNESCO World Forum in Seoul. In April 2017, he performed, among other works, Ravel's Miroirs at the After Work Concert Series in the Leipzig Gewandhaus. In 2024/25 Khegai performed Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, as well as some concerts in Central Concert Hall in Astana performing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1, Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue among others and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bishkek, Almaty. He was broadcast live by Radio Bremen, NDR, MDR, BR, RTBF, Klara Radio, Musiq3, TV–Kultura and KBS.

Discography