Piano Recital with Alexander Kobrin (USA)

About the event

Described as “the Van Cliburn of today”, Alexander Kobrin has established himself among the world's leading pianists of his generation. He is the winner of numerous international piano competitions – besides the Van Cliburn he has received top prizes at the Busoni, Hamamatsu and Glasgow International Piano Competitions.

Since the beginning of his career he has been an active guest soloist with leading orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Russian National Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, working with conductors such as Mikhail Pletnev, Sir Mark Elder, James Conlon and Vassily Petrenko.

Alexander Kobrin has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. In 2010 he moved to the USA, where he teaches at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, among others.

His recordings have been released on Harmonia Mundi, Quartz and Centaur. Recent releases include a Russian album as well as Chopin's complete piano sonatas.

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