Evgeni Koroliov's Goldberg Variations have become a cult recording. Seldom has this monumental piece sounded so purely musical, or so simply beautiful as in his hands. This recording (licensed from Haenssler Classics) was showered with international prizes, such as Diapason d'Or and others. György Ligeti chose Koroliov's Bach as his Desert Island Disc : “forsaken and dying of thirst, I would listen to it up till my last breath”.

Koroliov was born in Russia in 1949, his teachers were Maria Yudina, Heinrich Neuhaus and Lev Oborin. He soon settled in Hamburg/Germany, from where he developed his international career as a soloist and much-in-demand teacher. His pupils include new talent, Adam Laloum.