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Alexander
Ghindin
August
12, 2008
Russian pianist
Alexander Ghindin won first prize at the 2007 Cleveland International
Piano Competition. From the opening rounds, the 30-year-old Ghindin
was the clear favorite, as Donald Rosenberg stated in his coverage
for The Plain Dealer, “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 piano pack."
He clinched his victory with a performance of Rachmaninoff No.
3 with the Cleveland Orchestra with Jahja Ling.
Mr. Ghindin’s
winnings include the $50,000 Mixon First Prize, a compact disc
recording on the Naxos label, a series of engagements under the
auspices of the Competition, two years of management service,
and a New York recital debut—December 3, 2007 in Zankel
Hall at Carnegie Hall.
Mr. Ghindin
graduated from Moscow State P.I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory after
completing master class studies with Professor M.S. Voskrensky
in 2001. By the age of 14 he had already won the Moscow Young
Pianists’ Competition, and at 17 became youngest ever winner
at the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1994, later
gaining Second Prize at Brussels International Reine Elisabeth
Competition in 1999.
He subsequently
joined the Moscow State Philharmonic as soloist in 1999, and
has performed in his native Russia, as well as in Europe and
Japan. The numerous ensembles and orchestras he has played with
include the London and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchester
der Stadt Freiburg, New Japan Philharmonic, the Philharmonie
de Liège, Flemish Radio, the Swedish Royal Festival Orchestra,
Orchestre National de Belgique, Rotterdam Symphony Orchestra,
Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre National de Montpellier,
Philharmonie de Luxembourgh, Israel Chamber Orchestra, the ’Moscow
Virtuosi’, the St. Petersburg "Camerata", Russian
National Orchestra etc. The recitals provided the opportunity
to work with a wide range of conductors, including Vladimir Fedosseyev,
Saulus Sandeczkis, Vasily Sinaysky, Yuri Simonov, Dimitry Kitaenko,
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Verbitsky, Paavo
Järvi, Alan Gilbert, Leonard Slatkin, Artur Fagen, Tomasso
Placidi and Thomas Zanderling.
Alexander Ghindin
has played many distinguished venues, such as London’s Barbican,
the Avery Fisher Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington,
Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Salle
Gaveau, Théatre des Champs Elysees, and Théatre
du Chatelet in Paris, Gasteig in Munich, Rudolfium in Prague,
Riksallen in Stockholm, the Teatro Olympico in Rome, the Tel
Aviv Opera, the Philharmonic Halls in Warsaw and St. Petersburg,
the Moscow Conservatoire, and many others.
In the field
of chamber music, Alexander Ghindin has collaborated with Vladimir
Spivakov and Nikolay Petrov for many recordings and concerts
Alexander Ghindin
has recorded 15 CDs, including a recording of Rachmaninoff’s
Piano Concertos No. 1 and 4 in their original versions with the
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra led by Vladimir Ashkenazy (2001,
on Ondine).
He has also
appeared on TV and Radio in Russia, Germany, Belgium, Japan,
France, Luxembourg, Poland and elsewhere.
Highlights of
the 2005-2006 season include the Berlin Symphony Orchestra at
the Konzerthaus performing Rachmaninoff No. 4 with Eliahu Inbal,
the Tokyo Suntory Hall with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony performing
Chopin No. 1
With James de
Priest, and the Brussels Palais-des-Beaux performing Rachmaninoff
No. 3 with the Orchestre National de Belgique with Jean-Claude
Casadesus.
During the 2007-2008
season, Mr. Ghindin will perform concerti with orchestras in
Bordeaux, Ekaterinaburg, Kazan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moscow,
Pau (France), Monte Carlo, Prague, Slovenia, and Vilnius, among
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