Alexander Romanovsky (Alexander Romanovsky) |

Alexander Romanovsky

Alexander Romanovsky was born in 1984 in Ukraine. Already at the age of eleven he performed with the Moscow Virtuosi State Chamber Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Spivakov in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States and France.

At the age of thirteen, the artist moved to Italy, where he entered the Piano Academy in Imola in the class of Leonid Margarius, from which he graduated in 2007, and a year later received a diploma from the Royal College of Music in London (class of Dmitry Alekseev).

At the age of fifteen, A. Romanovsky was awarded the title of Honorary Academician of the Bologna Philharmonic Academy for his performance of J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, at the age of 17 he won the prestigious Ferruccio Busoni International Competition in Bolzano.

In subsequent years, numerous concerts of the pianist took place in Italy, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and the USA. In 2007, Alexander Romanovsky was invited to perform Mozart’s concerto in front of Pope Benedict XVI.

In 2011, Alexander Romanovsky made a successful debut with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert and the Chicago Symphony under James Conlon, he also performed with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra under Valery Gergiev, the Royal Philharmonic at the Barbican Center in London, the Russian National orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev, the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra and with solo concerts at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome, the Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam.

The pianist has been repeatedly invited to famous European festivals, including La Roque d’Antherone and Colmar (France), Ruhr (Germany), Chopin in Warsaw, Stars of the White Nights in St. Petersburg, Stresa (Italy) and others. .

Alexander Romanovsky released four discs on Decca with works by Schumann, Brahms, Rachmaninov and Beethoven, which received critical acclaim.

Last season’s performances include tours with the Japanese Broadcasting Company (NHK) Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, the Santa Cecilia National Academy Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano, the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Spivakov, concerts in England, Germany, Spain, Italy and South Korea .

Since 2013, Alexander Romanovsky has been Artistic Director of the Vladimir Krainev International Competition for Young Pianists: it was at this competition that he won one of his first victories. The pianist is also a laureate of the XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition, where, for the first time in the history of the competition, he was also awarded the Vladimir Krainev Special Prize.