Recital by Alexander Malofeev

In April 2017 in Italy, at the opening of the festival International Piano Festival of Brescia and Bergamo Alexander Malofeev was awarded the «Premio Giovane Talento Musicale dell’anno 2017» - «Best Young Musician of 2017». In December 2017 Alexander became the first "Young Yamaha Artist"

Alexander was born in Moscow in October 2001. Now the young pianist studies at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music with Elena Berezkina, Honoured Cultural Worker of Russia.

In his 16, Alexander Malofeev already performed in Moscow`s Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Moscow International Performing Arts Center, the Mariinsky Theatre, the State Kremlin Palace, Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Kurhaus Wiesbaden (Germany), Munich Herkulessaal (Germany), Philharmonie de Paris, Theater of the Champs-Elysees (France), Kurhaus Wiesbaden (Germany), Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Australia), Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), Kaufman Music Center, UNESCO House. He gave recitals in Russia , Azerbaijan, Armenia, Finland, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Israel, China, Japan, Australia and the United States.

Alexander has appeared with numerous orchestras including the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Russian National Orchestra, State Chamber Orchestra "Moscow Virtuosi", RAI National Symphony Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra Novaya Rossiya, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Baltic Sea Philharmonic orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, National Philharmonic orchestra of Armenia and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, under the batons of conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Spivakov, Alexander Sladkovsky, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Myung-Whun Chung, Alondra de la Parra, Kristjan Jarvi, Dmitry Liss, Eduard Topchjan, Kristjan Jarvi, Kazuki Yamada, Gábor Takács-Nagy and Alexander Soloviev, to name but a few.

In July 2016 Alexander Malofeev released his debut DVD film, recorded by Master Performers label in the Queensland Conservatorium Theatre, Brisbane (Australia).

Alexander Malofeev is a laureate of many Russian and International Competitions. There is a list of some of them. The young pianist was awarded Grand Prix and the Special Prize in the Ninth International Rachmaninoff Competition for Young Pianists (Veliky Novgorod, Russia, 2014), Grand Prix in the Moscow International Competition “Music diamond” (2011, 2014) , First Prize in the first «Astana Piano Passion» International Competition for Young Pianists (Astana, Kazakhstan, 2013), Grand Prix in the “Musical Art” International Competition for Young Performers and Composers (Moscow, Russia, 2013), Gold medal of the Youth Delphic Games of Russia (2015, 2012), Grand Prix of the Artobalevskaya Festival (2012), Grand Prix in the «Mozart wunderkind» International Competition (Austria, 2011).

Also Alexander was a participant of the La Roque d’Anthéron International Piano Festival (France), participant of the Rheingau Music Festival (Germany), participant of the Merano Music Festival (Italy), participant of the Annesi classic Festival (France), participant of the Chopin Festival (France), participant of Denis Matsuev’s Crescendo Festival, participant of Valery Gergiev’s Mikkeli Music Festival (Finland) , participant of the Mariinsky International Piano Festival (St. Petersburg), participant of the Denis Matsuev and friends, participant of the Master Pianist Series (Concertgebouw, Amsterdam), participant of the Stars of the White Nights International Music Festival (St. Petersburg), participant of the Stars on Baikal International Music Festival, participant of Vladimir Spivakov’s International Moscow Meets Friends Festival, participant International Winter Festival "Arts Square" directed by Yuri Temirkanov (St. Petersburg), Festival of Larisa Gergieva (Vladikavkaz), participant of the Eilat Chamber Music Festival (Israel), participant of the International Piano Festival of Brescia and Bergamo (Italy), participant of the Peregrinos Musicais Festival (Spain), and other.

Alexander Malofeev is a sholarship holder of Vladimir Spivakov Charity Foundation, "New Names" Charity Foundation and Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation.