PERSUASIVE SIMPLICITY

Serghei Constantinov at Steinway Hall in London,
reviewed by BILL NEWMAN

Born in 1991 at Kishenev, Republic of Moldova, USSR, Serghei Constantinov began piano lessons at six with Anna Gorodetskaya at the Rachmaninov Music Lyceum. At nine, composition studies with Vlad Burlia, were taken over by Gennadiy Chobanu. Basically, this was upgraded with admission to the Central Music School, Moscow: piano with Natalia Trull and composition from Uriy Vorontsov. Currently he is at the Moscow Conservatoire. If I were to write about his achievements since then, I wouldn't have space to write my comments about his current programme...