A native of Moscow, the Russian pianist ALEXANDER GHINDIN has rapidly established himself as a seasoned artist and a major force on the international piano scene. In 1994 at age 17, he became the youngest winner ever of the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition, later gaining Second Prize at Brussels’ Queen Elisabeth Competition. He won the First Prize of the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition and, most recently, First Prize of the 2010 International Piano Competition of Santa Catarina in Brazil.

Alexander Ghindin’s current season includes over 100 performances throughout the United States, Europe and Russia. Since 2006, Mr. Ghindin has been Artistic Director of his own concert series at one of Russia’s most distinguished concert venues, the Svetlanov Hall of the Moscow International Performing Arts Center.

Alexander Ghindin graduated in 2001 from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, having completed master class studies with professor M.S. Voskresensky. By the age of 14, he had already won the Moscow Young Pianists’ Competition and, subsequent to his victories at the Tchaikovsky and Queen Elisabeth competitions, he joined the Moscow State Philharmonic as soloist in 1999, performing throughout Russia, as well as in Europe and Japan.

In addition to a November 2010 tour of the United States with Vladimir Spivakov and The Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, performing in Seattle, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Wasgington, DC, New York City and Miami, the numerous orchestras and ensembles with which Alexander Ghindin has appeared as soloist include the London and Munich philharmonic orchestras, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Orchester der Stadt Freiburg, Orchestre de Paris, New Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Flemish Radio, Swedish Royal Festival Orchestra, Rotterdam Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra de Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National de Montpellier, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra (with which he has also toured the United States), St. Petersburg Camerata and the Russian National Orchestra, as well as the orchestras of Bordeaux, Ekaterinaburg, Kazan, Latvia, Moscow, Paul, Prague, Slovenia and Vilnius. He has collaborated with a host of today’s leading maestri, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Fedosseyev, Alan Gilbert, Paavo Järvi, Dimitry Kitaenko, Tomasso Placidi, Saulus Sandeczkis, Thomas Sanderling, Yuri Simonov, Vasily Sinaysky, Leonard Slatkin, Vladimir Spivakov and Vladimir Verbitsky. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Ghindin has collaborated with Vladimir Spivakov and Nicolai Petrov for many concerts and recordings.

Worldwide, Alexander Ghindin has performed in many of the most distinguished concert venues, among them: Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Avery Fisher Hall in New York City, Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, London’s Barbican Centre, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Paris’ Salle Gaveau, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Théâtre du Châtelet, Munich’s Gasteig, Prague’s Rudolfium, Stockholm’s Riksallen, Rome’s Teatro Olympico, the philharmonic halls of Warsaw and St. Petersburg, the Moscow Conservatory, Tel Aviv Opera, Tokyo’s Sumida Triphony Hall.

Alexander Ghindin has recorded 18 CDs, including the original versions of Rachmaninoff's first and fourth piano concertos, with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (2001, on the Ondine label). His debut album on the Naxos label - an album devoted to sonatas and short pieces by Scriabin - was released in 2011. He has also appeared on television and radio throughout Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Japan and elsewhere.

In 2006, Alexander Ghindin was named an “Honored Artist of Russia.”

www.alexanderghindin.com

ALBÉNIZ
Rapsodia espagñola, Op. 70
ALKAN
Rondo brilliant, Op. 4
ARENSKY
Fantasia on a Russian Folksong, Op. 48
BACH
Concerto #1 in d, BWV 1052
Concerto #4 in A, BWV 1055
Concerto #5 in f, BWV 1056
Concerto #7 in g, BWV 1058
Concerto #1 in c for 2 Pianos, BWV 1060
Concerto #2 in C for 2 Pianos, BWV 1061
Concerto #3 in c for 2 Pianos, BWV 1062
Concerto in a for 4 Pianos, BWV 1065
BARTÓK
Concerto #1 (1926)
Concerto #3 (1945)
Concerto for 2 Pianos & Percussion (1940)
BEETHOVEN
Concerto #1 in C, Op. 15
Concerto #2 in B-flat, Op. 19
Concerto #3 in c, Op. 37
Concerto #4 in G, Op. 58
Concerto #5 in E-flat, Op. 73 ("Emperor")
Concerto in C, Op. 56 ("Triple")
Fantasia in c, Op. 80 ("Choral Fantasy")
transcription of Concerto for Violin
BORTNYANSKY
Concerto in D for Piano & String Orchestra
BRAHMS
Concerto #1 in d, Op. 15
Concerto #2 in B-flat, Op. 83
CHOPIN
Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Concerto #1 in e, Op. 11
Concerto #2 in f, Op. 21
Variations on Mozart’s La ci darem la mano, Op. 2
DOHNÁNYI
Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25
DVORÁK
Concerto in g, Op. 33
FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
FRANCK
Les Djinns
Symphonic Variations
GERSHWIN
Concerto in F
Rhapsody in Blue
GLINKA
Divertimento brilliante on Themes from Bellini’s La sonnambula
GRIEG
Concerto in a, Op. 16
HAYDN
Concerto in D
Concerto in G
Concerto for Violin & Piano
KANTCHELI
Valse Boston with String Orchestra
KHACHATURIAN
Concerto in D-flat (1936)
KRENEK
Concerto for Organ & Piano
LISZT
Concerto #1 in E-flat
Concerto #2 in A
Hungarian Fantasy
Malédiction for Piano & Strings
Totentanz
LISZT-BUSONI
Rhapsodie espagnole
LUTOSLAWSKI
Variations on a Theme of Paganini
MENDELSSOHN
Capriccio brillante in b, Op. 22
Concerto #1 in g, Op. 25
Concerto #2 in d, Op. 40
Concerto in A-flat for 2 Pianos
Concerto in E for 2 Pianos
Concerto in d for Violin, Piano & Strings
MESSIAEN
Turangalîla-symphonie
MOZART
Concerto #7 in F for 3 Pianos, K. 242
Concerto #8 in C, K. 246
Concerto #9 in E-flat, K. 271
Concerto #10 in E-flat for 2 Pianos, K. 365
Concerto #18 in B-flat, K. 456
Concerto #20 in d, K. 466
Concerto #21 in C, K. 467
Concerto #23 in A, K. 488
Concerto #24 in c, K. 491
Concerto #25 in C, K. 503
Concerto #26 in D, K. 537
Concerto #27 in B-flat, K. 595
PENDERECKI
Resurrection Piano Concerto (Russian premiere)
PODGAITZ
Triple Concerto
POULENC
Concerto in d for 2 Pianos
PROKOFIEV
Concerto #1 in D-flat, Op. 10
Concerto #2 in g, Op. 16
Concerto #3 in C, Op. 26
Concerto #4 in B-flat for the Left Hand, Op. 53
Concerto #5 in G, Op. 55
RACHMANINOFF
Concerto #1 in f-sharp, Op. 1
Concerto #2 in c, Op. 18
Concerto #3 in d, Op. 30
Concerto #4 in g, Op. 40
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
RAVEL
Concerto in D for the Left Hand
Concerto in G
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Concerto in c-sharp, Op. 30
ROTA
Concerto in C
SAINT-SAËNS
Africa in g, Op. 89
Concerto #2 in g, Op. 22
Concerto #5 in F, Op. 103
SCHNITTKE
Concerto for Piano & String Orchestra (1979)
SCHUMANN
Concerto in a, Op. 54
SCRIABIN
Concerto in f-sharp, Op. 20
Prometheus, The Poem of Fire, Op. 60
SHCHEDRIN
Concerto #6 (“Lontano”) with String Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH
Concerto #1 in c, Op. 35
Concerto #2 in F, Op. 102
STRAUSS
Burleske in d
SVIRIDOV
Music for Piano, Horn & Strings
SZYMANOWSKI
Symphonie concertante #4, Op. 60
TCHAIKOVSKY
Concert Fantasia in G, Op. 56
Concerto #1 in b-flat, Op. 23
Concerto #2 in G, Op. 44
Concerto #3 in E-flat, Op. 75
USTVOLSKAYA
Concerto for Piano, String Orchestra & Timpani
WEBER
Konzertstück in f, J. 282
WIECK-SCHUMANN
Concerto in a, Op. 7

"Mr. Ghindin ended by conquering the devilish demands of Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, the highlight of the evening. The enthusiastic audience was rewarded with three encores."
THE NEW YORK TIMES

"It must have been the thrill of their relatively young lives, playing a cornerstone of the repertory with the Cleveland Orchestra in Severance Hall. The lucky - and gifted - four were the finalists in the 17th biennial Cleveland International Piano Competition. It was Alexander Ghindin of Russia who garnered the whopping first prize for a series of muscular and assured performances, including a grandly conceived account of Liszt’s B-minor Sonata in the semifinals and a potent and nuanced reading of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto. Of the four, only Ghindin possessed the stage maturity of a world-class professional pianist."
MusicalAmerica.com

"A full week before he won first prize in the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition, Russia’s Alexander Ghindin leapt to the front of the pack with expressive and dazzling performances of Schumann’s Kinderszenen and three movements from Stravinsky’s Petrouchka. It was immediately apparent that Ghindin had something special to offer. Ghindin is a dynamic artist who also wraps his heart around lyrical phrases. Put another way, he has the power and speed of a virtuoso, plus the perception and poise needed to explore the inner workings of a score."
THE PLAIN DEALER (Cleveland)

"GHINDIN SPLENDID WITH RACHMANINOV
One could have imagined Rachmaninov himself at the keyboard with an Ormandy-era Philadelphia Orchestra behind him as guest soloist Alexander Ghindin tore into the Rachmaninov First Piano Concerto with Kevin Rhodes at the helm of the Springfield Symphony. It was that good. In pre-concert interviews, Rhodes made grand promises for Ghindin’s performance; Ghindin and everyone on stage delivered the goods, utterly justifying the standing ovation that swept the crowd."
THE REPUBLICAN (Springfield, MA)

"In the case of the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major by Prokofiev, as performed by Alexander Ghindin, we’re talking a whole lot of real, honest notes played extraordinarily well. He is one of those rare pianists who combines expressiveness with finely honed technique, so that every note he plays is struck with laser-like precision, yet each passage is so perfectly phrased that the music sounds as if he is improvising on the spot - that the soloist is not so much playing along with the orchestra as challenging it, dueling with it. Ghindin responded to the heartfelt standing ovation he received with an encore that was completely surprising and completely wonderful - John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever, performed in a way that can only be described as orchestral."
TULSA WORLD

"Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 can be a trial if the music isn’t treated with absolute seriousness. From the brooding opening chords, Ghindin seemed to announce that he would not be a show-off or resort to bombast and cliché. Instead, he emphasized the music’s lyricism and connective tissue, stepping to the forefront when the piano needs to play protagonist and weaving the filigreed material deftly into the orchestral soundscapes. Ghindin refused to glide across the surface, preferring to keep the limber folk elements in controlled, quicksilver focus."
THE CHAUTAUQUAN DAILY

"The history of musical competitions shows that only a handful of top-prize winners go on to major concert careers. But Ghindin’s first recital here since taking first prize in August confirmed that he is no pianistic fluke. He was poetic and charismatic in ‘From Russia with Love,’ his program at the Cleveland Institute of Music. The advertising turned out to be truthful: The repertoire remained firmly entrenched in the pianist’s homeland, and he played as if he adored each of the gazillion notes his fingers projected."
THE PLAIN DEALER (Cleveland)

8/18/2011 (9pm) DUBROVNIK SUMMER FESTIVAL
Rector’s Palace
Duo-Recital with Boris Berezovsky, pianist
Arensky: Suite
Rachmaninoff: Suite
Bolcom: 4 Rags
Copland: Danzón Cubano
Gershwin: An American in Paris
9/8/2011 (pm) (Tchelyabinsk, Russia)
J.S. Bach: Piano Concerto
Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements de Pétrouchka

9/15/2011 (pm) PILSEN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
, conductor
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #1

9/24/2011 (7pm) MOSCOW P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY CONSERVATORY
Chamber Hall
Duo-Piano Recital with Peter Laul
Mozart/Grieg: Sonata in C
Schubert: Fantasie in f
Mozart/Busoni: Duettino concertante
Glinka: Capriccio Russe (Initial Polka)
arr.Tchaikovsky: 7 Russian Folk Songs
Rachmaninoff: Suite #2

10/1/2011 (pm) SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL
Great Hall, Shanghai Conservatory of Music
Liszt: Venezia e Napoli
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage (Gondoliera, Canzona, Tarantella)
Liszt: Valse oubliée #1
Liszt: Étude d’exécution transcendante #12
Liszt: Totentanz
Liszt: Piano Sonata

10/8/2011 (7pm) VOLOGDA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Vologda Philharmonic Hall
Liszt: Venezia e Napoli
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage (Gondoliera, Canzona, Tarantella)
Liszt: Valse oubliée #1
Liszt: Étude d’exécution transcendante #12
Liszt: Totentanz
Liszt: Piano Sonata

10/9/2011 (7pm) VOLOGDA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Yaroslavl Symphonic Orchestra
Murad Annamamedov, conductor
Vologda Philharmonic Hall
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2

10/10/2011 (7pm) VOLOGDA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Vologda Philharmonic Hall
Schumann: Piano Quintet
Brahms: Piano Quintet

10/20/2011 (7pm) MOSCOW STATE ACADEMIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Vladimir Minin, conductor
Great Hall, Moscow P.I.. Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Orff: Catuli Carmina

10/22/2011 (7pm) MOSCOW STATE ACADEMIC CHAMBER CHOIR
Vladimir Minin, conductor
Mariinsky Concert Hall (St. Petersburg)
Orff: Catuli Carmina

11/10/2011 (7pm) YEKATIRINBURG PHILHARMONY HALL
Duo-Piano Recital with Boris Berezovsky, pianist
Arensky: Suite
Rachmaninoff: Suite
Bolcom: 4 Rags
Copland: Danzón Cubano
Gershwin: An American in Paris

11/12/2011 (6pm) URAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Yekaterinburg)
Dmitry Liss, conductor
J.S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Pianos
Adams: Grand Pianola Music
with Boris Berezovsky, pianist

11/18/2011 (7pm) RUSSIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Arkady Berin, conductor
Svetlanov Hall, Moscow International Performing Arts Center
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #1
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2

11/19/2011 (7pm) ALEXANDER GHINDIN PRESENTS
Svetlanov Hall, Moscow International Performing Arts Center
Mozart: Piano Concerto #8
Mozart: Piano Concerto #9
with Camerata Salzburg

11/22/2011 (pm) MOSCOW P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY CONSERVATORY
Great Hall
Recital

11/23/2011 (7pm) RUSSIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Arkady Berin, conductor
Svetlanov Hall, Moscow International Performing Arts Center
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #4

11/25/2011 (6pm) SAMARA ACADEMIC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mikhail Scherbakoff, conductor
Samara Philharmonic Hall
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3

11/26/2011 (6pm) SAMARA ACADEMIC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mikhail Scherbakoff, conductor
Samara Philharmonic Hall
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #1
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #4
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

11/27/2011 (pm) MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Chamber Hall
J.S. Bach: Concerto for 3 Pianos
with

12/1/2011 (7:30pm) BEIJING INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL
Beijing Concert Hall
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #1
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #4
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

12/2/2011 (7:30pm) Beijing Concert Hall
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #3

12/10/2011 (pm) MOSCOW P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY CONSERVATORY
Chamber Hall
Tchaikovsky: Dumka
Tchaikovsky: Piano Sonata in G
Liszt: Vallée d’Obermann
Liszt: Valse oubliée #1
Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante: #12, #10
Liszt: Liebestraum #3
Liszt: Scherzo & March

12/13/2011 (pm) MOSCOW P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY CONSERVATORY
Great Hall

12/17/2011 (6pm) VOLGOGRAD PHILHARMONIC HALL
Tchaikovsky: Dumka
Tchaikovsky: Piano Sonata in G
Liszt: Vallée d’Obermann
Liszt: Valse oubliée #1
Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante: #12, #10
Liszt: Liebestraum #3
Liszt: Scherzo & March

12/21/2011 (pm) NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF RUSSIA
Jan Latam Koenig, conductor
Svetlanov Hall, Moscow International Performing Arts Center
McPhee: Tabuh Tabuhan
Adams: Grande Pianola Music
with Alexander Melnikov, pianist

12/23/2011 (pm) (Tbilisi, Russia)
Duo-Piano Recital with Boris Berezovsky, pianist

12/27/2011 (7pm) THE GNESIN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (Moscow)
Concert Hall
Brahms: Piano Quintet
with Borodin Quartet

1/4/2012 (pm) MOSCOW P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY CONSERVATORY
Great Hall

1/9-13/2012 PERM INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

1/20/2012 (7pm) BELGOROD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
, conductor
Belgorod Philharmonic Hall
Szymanowski: Symphony #4
Liszt: Totentanz

2/8/2012 (7pm) TCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Günter Neuhold, conductor
Great Hall, Moscow P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Rota: Piano Concerto in C

2/12/2012 (4pm) CORVALLIS-OSU PIANO INTERNATIONAL
Austin Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center
Tchaikovsky: Dumka
Tchaikovsky: Grande Sonate
Liszt: Vallee d’Obermann
Liszt: Valse oubliée #1
Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante: #12, #10
Liszt: Liebestraum #3
Liszt: Scherzo & March

2/19/2012 (3pm) CORVALLIS-OSU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Dr. Marlan Carlson, conductor
Austin Auditorium, LaSells Stewart Center
Szymanowski: Symphony #4
Liszt: Totentanz

2/26/2012 (pm) ACADEMIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Saratov, Russia)
Vladimir Verbitsky, conductor
Szymanowski: Symphony #4
Liszt: Totentanz

3/19/2012 (pm) THE AL BUSTAN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MUSIC &
THE ARTS (Beirut, Lebanon)

4/4/2012 (7pm) MOSCOW P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY CONSERVATORY
Great Hall
Tchaikovsky: Dumka
Tchaikovsky: Piano Sonata in G
Liszt: Vallée d’Obermann
Liszt: Valse oubliée #1
Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante: #12, #10
Liszt: Liebestraum #3
Liszt: Scherzo & March

4/8/2012 (pm) MOSCOW P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY CONSERVATORY
Great Hall

4/22/2012 (7pm) MOSCOW P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY CONSERVATORY
Chamber Hall
Duo-Piano Recital with Ivan Pochekin, violinist
Brahms: Violin Sonata #
Franck: Violin Sonata

4/26/2012 (7pm) ALEXANDER GHINDIN PRESENTS
Svetlanov Hall, Moscow International Performing Arts Center
J.S. Bach: Piano Concerto in A
J.S. Bach: Piano Concerto in d
with I Musici di Roma

5/15/2012 (7pm) WARSAW PHILHARMONIC HALL
Duo-Recital with Boris Berezovsky, pianist
Arensky: Suite
Rachmaninoff: Suite
Bolcom: 4 Rags
Copland: Danzón Cubano
Gershwin: An American in Paris

5/31/2012 (7pm) ALEXANDER GHINDIN PRESENTS
Svetlanov Hall, Moscow International Performing Arts Center
Haydn: Piano Concerto
Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin & Piano
soloist Dmitry Kogan, violinist
with Leipzig Chamber Orchestra

6/19/2012 (pm) CANNES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (France)
Vahan Mardirossian, conductor
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2