Alexandre Moutouzkine
pianist
Biography
The Russian pianist burst onto the U.S. concert scene at the age of 19, when he received the Special Award for Artistic Potential at the XI Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; of his performance at the competition The Dallas Morning News wrote, Moutouzkine played Brahms Op. 117 Intermezzi more beautifully, more movingly, than Ive ever heard them. At once sad, tender and noble, this was playing of heart-stopping intimacy and elegance His success was soon followed by several solo recitals as well as appearances with major orchestras.
Also the winner of the St. Petersburg International Piano Competition (at the age of 14), Mr. Moutouzkine is a laureate of numerous international competitions. He claimed top prizes at the Cleveland International Piano Competition (where he received Third Prize, the Beethoven Prize, and the Junior Jurys First Prize), as well as at Denmarks Tivoli International, the Andorra International, the José Iturbi (Valencia), the New Orleans International, the Maria Canals (Barcelona), the II Shanghai International, the X Citta di Sulmona, the Calabria International, the Guerrero Foundation (Madrid), the Ignacio Cervantes (Havana), the Pilar Bayona (Zaragoza), and the Panama International competitions. Most recently, he shared Second Prize at the Montreal International Music Competition.
At the age of 16, Mr. Moutouzkine received top prizes at international competitions in the Ukraine as well as in Argentina. As a student of Vladimir Krainev at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover, he was featured alongside Krainev and renowned Korean pianist Kun-Woo Paik in an all-Prokofiev program with both the Symphonic Orchestra of the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and the Kiev National Philharmonic Orchestra; his performance of Prokofievs First Concerto was described in the Russian and Ukrainian press as sprightly and at the same time astonishingly inspiredMoutouzkine performed not only with mastery, but also with magnificent brilliance and energy
Mr. Moutouzkine has toured throughout Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Italy as well as in countries throughout North and South America. He has appeared as soloist with the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, the Radio Television Orchestra of Spain, Cleveland Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Valencia Philharmonic, Gran Canary Symphony and Tenerife Symphony in the Canary Islands, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Panama, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Cuba, and the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra of the Czech Republic, among others. Recent performances included a tour across the U.S., and concerts throughout Europe including Rome, Madrid, and London. Alexandres performance at Londons Wigmore Hall was reviewed in the January 2007 issue of International Piano magazine as grandly organic, with many personal and pertinent insights, offering a thoughtful balance between rhetoric and fantasytechnically dazzling. His performance of a selection of Chopin études at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory was recorded live and released on the Classical Music Archives label in Moscow.
Upcoming engagements include Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Berlin Symphony under Lior Shambadal, the Scriabin Concerto with Stamford Symphony under Eckart Preu, and Rachmaninoffs Rhapsody on Themes of Paganini with Symphony in C. Mr. Moutouzkine holds both a Masters and a post-graduate degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Solomon Mikowsky, and Bachelors degrees from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover and Russias Nizhny Novgorod Music School.
Alexandre Moutouzkine joined the Astral Artists roster as a winner of its 2009 National Auditions.
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