Zlata Chochieva

Zlata Chochieva

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“I can think of few piano recitals finer than this”
(Seen and Heard International)


Writing in Gramophone of Zlata Chochieva’s sensational recording of the Chopin Etudes - which is  included in Gramophone’s list of 10 greatest Chopin recordings next to greats such as Argerich, Pollini and Rubinstein - critic Jeremy Nicholas exclaimed, “it is certainly one of the most consistently inspired, masterfully executed and beautiful-sounding versions I can recall.” 

In the 2024/2025 season, Zlata Chochieva will make her Carnegie Hall solo debut in New York and her Paris orchestral debut with Marzena Diakun, as well as playing recitals at the new Bechstein Hall in London, Konzerthaus Berlin, Sala Verdi in Milan, and Victoria Concert Hall Singapore, among others. 

Recording exclusively for Naïve Records, her debut orchestral CD with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is to be released in October 2024 featuring piano with orchestra works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev and Tsfasman. Her most recent solo release, ‘Im freien’, met much critical acclaim, named ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Gramophone Magazine and earning a five star review by Musica magazine. Her ‘(re)creations’ disc, recorded during the pandemic on Accentus (a collection of piano transcriptions by Rachmaninov, Liszt, and Friedman), won a prestigious German Record Critics’ Award.

At only four years old, Zlata made her first stage appearance and just three years later, gave her debut with orchestra performing a Mozart Concerto at Grand Hall of Moscow State Conservatory. Since then, she has given concerts in Herkulessaal Munich, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie de Paris, Wigmore Hall, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Casa da Música Porto, the Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatory, and Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts.

Having remarkably extensive and varied orchestral repertoire of about 60 concerti, she has performed with numerous major orchestras, including Russian National Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Munich Chamber Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. Conductors Zlata has enjoyed working with include Mikhail Pletnev, Simon Gaudenz, Dmitry Matvienko, and Tugan Sokhiev.

Zlata Chochieva is a devoted chamber music performer having worked with Stephen Kovacevic, Lynn Harrell, Gilles Apap, Wenzel Fuchs, and Jacquelyn Wagner, among others.

Zlata Chochieva was born in Moscow and now resides in Berlin. A protege of Mikhail Pletnev at Central Special Music School, she also studied with Pavel Nersessian at Moscow State Conservatory. She completed her studies at Mozarteum University of Salzburg with Jacques Rouvier and was subsequently his assistant for several years.

In 2018 Zlata established the International Festival at Rachmaninov’s estate in Ivanovka and serves as its Director. Last year, she performed and spoke about Rachmaninoff at his Villa Senar in a project titled “The Alchemy of the Piano” by German film producer Jan Schmidt-Garre.

Being of Ossetian origin Zlata speaks the Ossetian language, which has been listed by UNESCO as "vulnerable". Besides piano performance, Zlata has a passion for film scoring where she has her first attempt this year.

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