Nikolai Tokarev was born in Moscow in 1983 and is from a musical family. His father is a concert pianist, his mother a cellist. He began musical training in 1988 at the renowned Gnessin Music School in

Nikolai Tokarev made an early debut in 1989 at the age of six with a solo concert in Moscow. At the age of 14 he began giving concerts in Europe and Japan. In 2000 Tokarev was a prizewinner at the

Nikolai Tokarev press reviews „This is one of the most exceptional pianists of his generation. […] This recording will be well remembered.“ (Rondo Online, for CD „Rachmaninov/

Nikolai Tokarev recordings / discography