Alexander Ghindin (Piano soloist)
• Honoured Artist of Russia
Alexander Ghindin has been unanimously
acclaimed by critics and music lovers as one of the most talented and original
pianists of the present day.
Born in 1977 in Moscow. Before
entering the Conservatoire in 1994, at the age of seventeen he became the
youngest-ever laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow,
and is quickly establishing himself as one of the most sought-after pianists of
his generation. Later he gained in Second prize at the International Queen
Elisabeth Piano Competition in Brussels in 1999. These successes assisted the
start of the pianist’s extremely intensive recital
activities.
In 2007 he was a First prize-winner at the International Piano Competition
in Cleveland (USA) and was engaged for over fifty concerts in the USA. According
to critics, he “made a staggering impression on the audience, demonstrating such
a high level of mastery that makes every one of his performances special and
unforgettable.” (Art and Life). In July 2010 Alexander Ghindin won First
prize at the International Piano Competition of Santa Catarina (Florianópolis,
Brazil). In 2006, Alexander Ghindin was named Honoured Artist of
Russia. In 2001 Ondine records has released the world première
recording of the original version of Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 1
and 4 performed by Alexander Ghindin together with the Helsinki Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Alexander Ghindin is a
frequent jury member of such competition as the Nutcracker Young
Performers’ International TV Competition (2004, 2006, 2009 and 2011); First
Russian Music Competition (Moscow, 2010); International Piano Competition in
Cleveland (USA, 2011) and others.
Since 2006, A. Ghindin has been
Artistic Director of his own concert series at one of Russias most distinguished
concert venues, the Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International Performing Arts
Center, where he has performed the unique programs, such as: The recital of Four
Pianos, Duo Program for Piano and Organ, American music for Two Pianos,
including prepared instruments and others. Alexander
Ghindin is also an International Artistic Co-Director of "Swedish Royal
Festival" and Artistic Director and conductor of Ensemble of Soloist
"Hermitage" and Kaluga Youth Symphony Orchestra.
Alexander Ghindin
tours successfully throughout Russia and abroad. The pianist has performed
with such major Russian and international orchestras as the Grand Tchaikovsky
Symphony Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Russian
National Orchestra, the Svetlanov State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia,
the Moscow Virtuosi ensemble, the St Petersburg Camerata Orchestra of the State
Hermitage, the Orchestre de Paris, the Orchestre National de Belgique, the
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the "Salzburg Camerata", the Rotterdam
Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestras of London, Helsinki, Luxemburg,
Liège, Freiburg, Monte Carlo and Munich, Japan’s Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and
the New Japanese Philharmonic Orchestra and the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra to
name but a few. Conductors the pianist has worked with include
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Minin,
Arnold Katz, Yurij Simonov, Dmitry Kitayenko, Fuat Mansurov, Vasily Sinaisky,
Alexander Lazarev, Saulus Sondeckis, Alan Gilbert, Krzysztof Penderecki, Paavo
Järvi, James DePreist, Leonard Slatkin, Louis Langrée, Eliahu Inbal, Arthur
Fagen, David Shallon, Juozas Domarkas and others.
Alexander
Ghindin is a constant participant at international music festivals. He has
appeared at the Russian festivals Russian Winter, Stars at the Kremlin, The New
Century of Russian Piano Music, Vladimir Spivakov Invites, The Musical Kremlin
and the International Sakharov Arts Festival as well as the Swedish Royal
Festival in Stockholm, the Robert Casadesus International Piano Encounters in
Lille, the Vladimir Spivakov Festival in Colmar, the Radio France Festival,
Folle journee (France), Bad Kissengen Sommer (Germany), the Rising Stars
festival (Poland), Days of Russian Culture in Moravia (Czech Republic), the Ruhr
Piano Festival (Germany) and festivals in Echternach, La Roque d’Anthéron,
Brussels, Limoges, Lille, Cracow, Rome, Sintra and Sicily.
The musician
has made numerous recordings on television and radio in Russia, Belgium,
Germany, France, Luxemburg, Poland and Japan. He has released 28 CDs with
leading recording companies in Russia, France, Great Britain, Germany, Finland
and Japan including Decca, Capriccio, Ondine, Tri-M Classics, Russian Season
(the Russian partner of Le Chant du Monde), DML, CD Accord and Naxos among
others.
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