Dmitri Alexeev (klaver, UK)

Russian pianist Dmitri Alexeev, who lives in the UK, is one of the world's most highly regarded artists. His critically acclaimed recitals on the world's leading concert stages and concerto appearances with the most prestigious orchestras have secured his position as one of "the most remarkable pianists of the day" (Daily Telegraph).

 

Alexeev has performed in all major concert halls around the world and has performed

with all leading orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony

Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the five

London orchestras, Orchestre de Paris, Israel Philharmonic and the Munich

Bavarian Radio Orchestra amongst others. He has worked with conductors such

as Ashkenazy, Boulez, Dorati, Giulini, Jansons, Muti, Pappano, Rozhdestvensky,

Salonen, Svetlanov, Temirkanov, Tilson Thomas and Klaus Tennstedt amongst

many others.

 

Pianist has been a juror for many of the world’s most prestigious International

Piano Competitions, including the Leeds, Chopin (Warsaw), Van Cliburn, San-

tander, Beethoven (Vienna) and Tchaikovsky (Moscow) International Piano Com-

petition. He regularly gives masterclasses around the world. .

 

Alexeev has made many fine recordings for EMI, BMG, Virgin Classics, Hyperion

and Russian labels. Following his Virgin Classics recording of the complete

Rachmaninov Preludes, which won the Edison Award in the Netherlands, BBC

Music Magazine described him as “a pianist at once aristocratic, grand and con-

fessionally poetic. This is an inspiring disc."

 

His recording of the complete Chopin Mazurkas was released in 2014. A recording that Gramophone Magazine referred to as “one of the best recordings of the Chopin Mazurkas that have appeared in the past three-quarters of a century - one of the best alongside those of Rubinstein and Yakov Flier.“

 

His recordings of complete Scriabin’s works for piano solo were released by Brilliant Classics in 2022. Alexeev’s piano transcriptions of works by Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Gershwin as well as a his transcription of Brahms’ Ballade for Viola and Piano were recently published.