Rem Urasin

Rem Urasin (born 1976 in Kazan) is a Russian pianist. Rem Urasin took up the piano at the age of seven.In 1992 he won the Chopin Competition in Moscow; he has performed internationally since.From 1994 to 99 he was trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Naumov. In 1995 Urasin was awarded the XIII International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition's 4th prize.He subsequently won the 2001 World Piano Masters Competition in Montecarlo and was second to John Chen at the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition. In 2009 and 2010 Rem Urasin prepared the vast Chopin cycle The Complete Works in Eleven Concerts to mark two centuries since the composer’s birth.He has performed every piece of music Chopin wrote.