Alexander Malofeev

Alexander Malofeev is the genuine article, a Russian pianist who won the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians at thirteen and has grown into one of the most exciting players of his generation. The reviews calling him a piano revolution are not just hype, the technique is colossal and the musicality unusually mature for someone so young. What complicates his story is geopolitics, with the war in Ukraine forcing a young artist to navigate cancellations and pressure he never created. I find that genuinely unfair to a musician this gifted. Talent like his transcends borders, and I hope the music keeps winning out.

Name (English)

Alexander Malofeev

Name (Japanese)

アレクサンダー・マロフェーエフ

Reading

あれくさんだー・まろふぇーえふ

Born

October 21, 2001 (age 24)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Snake

Origin

Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Duchy of Moscow

Occupation

pianist

Awards & achievements

• 2014 International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
• 2016 International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.alexander-malofeev.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alexandermalofeev/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A8%E3%83%95

Tags

• Moscow Governorate
• pianist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.