vladimir pavlovich ovchinnikov russian born january 2 1958 is a russian pianist from belebey bashkir assr he is the only pianist ever to win the top prizes at both the international tchaikovsky competition in moscow 1982 first prize not awarded o received a joint 2nd prize with peter donohoe and the leeds international pianoforte competition 1987a graduate of the moscow conservatory where he studied with aleksey nasedkin vladimir ovchinnikov is resident professor of piano at the moscow conservatory and guest professor of piano at sakuyo university in japan he was awarded second place in the montreal international music competition in 1980 in 1982 he was awarded joint second prize with peter donohoe in the international tchaikovsky competition no first prize was awarded that year in 1987 he was awarded first prize at the leeds international pianoforte competition in 2005 he received russias highest award and honor for musicians the title national artist of russia awarded by the russian president in march 2011 he served as chairman of the jury of the 9th international russian rotary children music competition and in april 2011 he was named director of the central music school of the moscow conservatoryovchinnikov appears regularly with such leading russian orchestras as the moscow philharmonic moscow radio symphony and the st petersburg philharmonic he also has a long standing relationship with the russian state symphony orchestra and was a special favorite of yevgeny svetlanov with whom he toured france the netherlands and north and south america concerto appearances in europe and north america have included the following ovchinnikov has played under various conductors includingamong his recordings are shostakovichs piano concerto no 1 coupled with mussorgskys pictures at an exhibition collins classics rachmaninoffs tudestableaux and liszts transcendental tudes and prokofievs piano sonatas emi other recordings include sonatas for violin and piano by grieg together with the violinist vinnitsky for the russian seasons label also liszt tchaikovsky taneyev rubinstein for gold club