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Alexander

Malofeev

PIANO
BIOGRAPHY

Alexander Malofeev rose to international prominence in 2014, winning First Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians when he was only 13 years old. Thereafter, Malofeev quickly became one of the most famous pianists of his generation. Malofeev's major projects in recent months include a tour in Asia with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly and performances with the Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and Mikhail Pletnev, in the UK with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits, and in Italy with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and Fabio Luisi.

The year 2022 has seen him debut at events including the Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival,Aspen Music Festival with Vasily Petrenko, and Tanglewood Music Festival with Michael Tilson Thomas. Future appearances include a return to the Bournemouth Symphony for a multi-concert 'residency,' performances at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall, and Munich's Isarphilharmonie. Alexander Malofeev performs with the world's most prestigious orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestra of the National Academy of St. Cecilia, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the Korean Symphony Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, the Russian National Orchestra, the "Moscow Virtuosi" State Chamber Orchestra , theFilarmonica orchestra Russian National Orchestra, theOrchestre National de Lille, and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. Alexander Malofeev performs regularly with, among others, the most famous conductors, including Riccardo Chailly, Mikhail Pletnev, Myung-Whun Chung, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, JoAnn Falletta, Susanna Mälkki, Lionel Bringuier, Alondra de la Parra, Marcelo Lehniger, Juraj Valcuha, Kazuki Yamada, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kristjan Jarvi, Kirill Karabits, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Fedoseyev, and Vasily Petrenko.

Alexander Malofeev has appeared at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where he performed for the 30th anniversary of the Meester Pianists series, at Teatro alla Scala, at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, at the Herkulessaal in Munich, at the Philharmonie de Paris, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, at Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Australia, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman, Bolshoi Theater, Mariinsky Theater and Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory of Music. Alexander Malofeev has been a guest at major festivals, including the Festival International de La Roque d'Anthéron and the Festival La Folle Journée de Nantes in France, the Rheingau Music Festival in Germany, the Merano Music Festival, the Palermo Classica Festival and the International Piano Festival of Brescia and Bergamo in Italy, Denis Matsuev's "Crescendo" Festival, the Mikkeli Music Festival in Finland, the Mariinsky International Piano Festival and theInternational Winter Festival "Arts Square" produced by Yuri Temirkanov in St. Petersburg, the Master Pianist Series in Amsterdam, the "Stars on Baikal" International Music Festival, the Zaubersee Festival in Switzerland, the Celebrity Series in Boston and the "Stars of the White Nights" Festival in Russia.

In addition to the First Prize in the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, Alexander Malofeev has won numerous other prizes and awards in international competitions and festivals, including the Grand Prix of the First International Competition for Young Pianists Grand Piano Competition, the 'Young Musical Talent' award, and the 'Best Young Musician' award in 2017. Also in 2017, Alexander Malofeev became the first Young Yamaha Artist. In 2019, he received Second Prize at the first China International Music Competition. In spring 2020, the Sony Classical label released the "Tchaikovsky 2020" box set for the composer's 180th anniversary, including Tchaikovsky's First Concerto recorded together with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Sladkovsky. Alexander Malofeev was born in Moscow in October 2001. He studied at legendary institutions: the Institute for Young Musicians 'Gnessin' and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

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