Photo: Liudmila Malofeeva / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)

Alexander Malofeev

アレクサンダー・マロフェーエフ　/　あれくさんだー・まろふぇーえふ

Pianist from Duchy of Moscow

October 21, 2001 (age 24)　・　Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Duchy of Moscow

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pianist

My Take

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.

Overview

Alexander Dmitrievitch Malofeev (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Малофеев, romanized: Alexander Dmitrievitch Malofeyev; born 21 October 2001) is a Russian pianist. Described by Der Standard as "a world piano revolution" and hailed by Il Giornale for embodying "the piano mastery of the new millennium," he has established himself as one of the most captivating pianists of his generation.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: pianist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

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

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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

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