Vladimir Ovchinnikov was born in 1958 in Bashkiria. Has ended the Central special musical school at the Moscow conservatory on A.D.Artobolevskoj‘s class, and in 1981 - the Moscow conservatory where studied in a class of professor А.А Nasedkina (pupil G.G.Nejgauza). He is a winner of the International competition of pianists in Montreal (Canada, II premium, 1980), the International competition of chamber ensembles in Верчелли (Italy, I the premium, 1984). Victories of the musician over the International competition of a name of P.I.Chajkovskogo in Moscow (Russia, 1982) and at the International competition of pianists in Leeds (the Great Britain, 1987) after which triumphal debut Ovchinnikov‘s took place in London where it has been specially invited to play before Its Majesty Queen Elizabeth are especially important. The pianist acts with many largest orchestras of the world, such as the Royal philharmonic orchestra and Orchestra BBC (Great Britain), The Scottish royal orchestra, symphonic orchestras of Chicago, Montreal, Zurich, Tokyo, Hong Kong, the Orchestra "Gevandhaus" (Germany), the National orchestra of the Polish radio, the Hague President-orchestra, the Orchestra of Radio France, the Orchestra of the St.-Petersburg philarmonic society, the Big symphonic orchestra and the State academic symphonic orchestra of Russia.
