VLADIMIR STUPNIKOV – winner of more than 30 international competitions, works closely with contemporary composers, has given more than 20 world premieres, and is a member of the acclaimed SenS Duo.
Born in 1996 in Ufa. In 2019 he graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Professor Alexander Dmitriev). In 2024 he graduated from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music (class of Professor Friedrich Lips). He completed the Master Studium and Meisterklasse programs at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (Germany, class of Professor Stefan Hussong).
Vladimir Stupnikov is a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and of Yehudi Menuhin's Live Music Now e.V. program in Germany, and a recipient of a grant from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts for a residency at the Cité internationale des arts in
Paris.
Winner of a number of prestigious bayan and accordion competitions:
– 1st Prize – Klingenthal International Competition (2014) (Klingenthal, Germany)
– 1st Prize – Trophée Mondial de l'Accordéon International Competition (2015) (Martigny, Switzerland)
– 1st Prize – 2nd All-Russian Music Competition (2017) (Moscow, Russia)
– 1st Prize – Coupe Mondiale International Competition (2017) (Osimo, Italy)
– 1st Prize – Mons International Competition (2017) (Mons, Belgium)
– 1st Prize – 43rd PIF Castelfidardo International Competition (2018) (Castelfidardo, Italy)
– 1st Prize – XXXI Arrasate Hiria International Competition (2024) (Arrasate, Spain)
He continues to refine his artistry and performs extensively in Russia and Europe. He has appeared at such prestigious venues as the Mariinsky Theatre, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the Small Hall of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, and concert halls in Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, Belgium, Lithuania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Italy, Serbia, Germany, Estonia, Finland and France.
Vladimir Stupnikov has given a number of world premieres, including the bayan works “Schneekraniche” by Andreas Urevsky (Ehrbar Saal, Vienna, Austria, 2024) and “Impeto” by Martin Lohse (Musée & Jardins van Buuren, Brussels, Belgium, 2026), published
by Universal Edition.