Alexander Malofeev

Alexander Dmitrievitch Malofeev (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Малофеев; also Alexander Dmitrievitch Malofeyev; born 21 October 2001 in Moscow) is a Russian pianist.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Dmitrievitch and the family name is Malofeev.
Alexander Malofeev
Александр Дмитриевич Малофеев
Alexander Malofeev in August 2017
Born (2001-10-21) 21 October 2001
Moscow, Russia
OccupationClassical pianist
Years active2011–
Awards1st Prize and Gold medal at the 8th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, 2014
Grand Prix at the 1st Grand Piano Competition, 2016
External video
Alexander Malofeev plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major at the 2016 Grand Piano Competition (excerpt) on YouTube
Interview (2019) on YouTube

Biography

Early life

Alexander Malofeev was born to Dimitri Alexandrovitch Malofeev, engineer and Dr. Lyudmila Borisovna Malofeev. He has an older sister and a younger brother. He began studying the piano at the age of five.[1] By the age of seven, he became interested in the music of Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Mahler, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev.[2]

In 2014, Malofeev graduated with honors from the Children's Music School. N. P. Osipova. He continued his studies with Elena Beryozkina, Honoured Cultural Worker of the Russian Federation, at the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow, graduating in 2019.[3] He is currently studying at the Moscow Conservatory in the class of Sergei Dorensky, People's Artist of Russia.[4] Both the Gnessin school and Moscow Conservatory have educated many notable pianists, such as Evgeny Kissin, Sviatoslav Richter, and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Career

Malofeev gained international recognition at the 8th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians held in Moscow in 2014, where he won first prize and the Gold Medal.[5][6]

Two years later, he was awarded the Grand Prix at the 1st Grand Piano Competition – International Competition for Young Pianists in Moscow.[7]

In 2019, Malofeev won second prize and silver medal at the 1st China International Music Competition.[8]

Alexander Malofeev is recipient of other numerous international prizes.[5][6][9]

At the opening of the International Piano Festival of Brescia and Bergamo in April 2017 in Italy, he was awarded the "Premio Giovane Talento Musicale dell'anno 2017" (Best Young Musician of 2017).[5]

As a soloist, Malofeev has performed with Russia’s leading orchestras: the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, the National Philharmonic of Russia, the Moscow Virtuosi, the New Russia’ State Symphony Orchestra under the batons of conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Kazuki Yamada, Yuri Tkachenko and Vladimir Spivakov.[10][11]

Discography
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References
  1. Chabert, Chrystel (2015-08-21). "La Roque d'Anthéron : Alexander Malofeev, 14 ans et bien plus qu'un virtuose". Culturebox (in French). Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  2. Reider, Maxime (2017-02-02). "Classical Music: Young and remarkable - Israel News - Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  3. "Alexander Malofeev on medici.tv". medici.tv. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  4. "Биография (англ)". www.alexander-malofeev.com. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  5. "Биография (англ)". www.alexander-malofeev.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  6. "Alexander Malofeev". www.mariinsky.ru. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  7. "Special prizes of the Grand Piano Competition".
  8. Winners of the China International Music Competition
  9. "La Folle Journée 2019 | ARTE Concert". ARTE (in French). 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  10. "Boy wonder – Alexander Malofeev". Baltic Sea Philharmonic. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  11. "Alexander Malofeev | Queensland Symphony Orchestra". www.qso.com.au. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
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