‘The latest phenomenon of the Russian piano school’ (Corriere della Sera), “Alexander Malofeev expresses in himself the piano mastery of the new millennium” (Il Giornale). The young ‘Russian genius’ (Corriere della Sera) made a name for himself on the international scene when, in 2014, he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians at the age of thirteen. ‘Contrary to what one might expect from a youngster [...], he demonstrated not only great technical precision but also incredible maturity. Crystalline sounds and perfect balance revealed his exceptional abilities’ (Amadeus). Malofeev has rapidly established himself as one of the leading pianists of his generation.
Recent appearances include a tour of Asia with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala under Riccardo Chailly, with the Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari under Mikhail Pletnev, concerts in the UK with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits, concerts in Italy with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra и Fabio Luis, performances at the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Conservatorio ‘Giuseppe Verdi’ in Milan, Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo, USA), Teatro Petruzzelli (Italy) and the Celebrity Series in Boston (USA).
Maestro Riccardo Chailly said of the pianist: ‘I heard Malofeev for the first time when Valery Gergiev performed with him at the Teatro alla Scala three years ago. He was only 14 years old, and I was astounded by his talent. Because he's not a child prodigy: he's very young, but he already has depth and technical ability, as well as musical and memory ability, which makes him an excellent interpreter of Rachmaninov's 3rd concerto, which is a problem for many pianists around the world’. (Corriere della Sera, October 2019).
Alexander was born in Moscow in October 2001. The pianist graduated from the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow in the class of Elena Berezkina. In 2019, Alexander entered the Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. He studied with Professor Sergei Dorensky in 2019-2020. Since 2020, Alexander has been studying with Pavel Nersessian.
Alexander Malofeev performs with the world's best-known orchestras, such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi State Chamber Orchestra, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Baltic Sea Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille and Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.
Alexander gives concerts in Amsterdam at the Concertgebouw, where he opened the 30th anniversary concert of the renowned Meester Pianists series, at the Teatro alla Scala
(Milan), Kurhaus Wiesbaden (Germany), Munich Herkulessaal (Germany), Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (France), Kurhaus Wiesbaden (Germany), Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, Queensland Performing Arts Centre (Australia), Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo, USA), Mariinsky Theatre and Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.
Alexander Malofeev performs regularly with the most renowned conductors of the moment, including Riccardo Chailly, Mikhail Pletnev, Myung-Whun Chung, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, JoAnn Falletta, Susanna Mälkki and Lionel Bringuier, Alondra de la Parra, Marcelo Lehninger, Valery Gergiev, Finnegan Downie Dear, Juraj Valcuha, Kazuki Yamada, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Kristjan Jarvi, Kirill Karabits, Vladimir Spivakov, Alexander Sladkovsky, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Vasily Petrenko and others.
Malofeev has been a guest at such world-renowned music festivals as the Festival International de Piano de La Roque d'Anthéron, La Folle Journée de Nantes and the Chopin Festival in France, the Rheingau Music Festival (Germany), the Merano Music Festival (Italy), Denis Matsuev's ‘Crescendo’ Festival, Valery Gergiev's Mikkeli Music Festival (Finland), the Mariinsky International Piano Festival (St. Petersburg), Master Pianist (Moscow) and the Festival de la Chopin (Russia). Petersburg), Master Pianist Series (Amsterdam), Stars on Baikal International Music Festival, Arts Square International Winter Festival directed by Yuri Temirkanov (St. Petersburg), Palermo Classica Festival in Italy, Zaubersee Festival in Switzerland, Eilat Chamber Music Festival in Israel, Brescia and Bergamo International Piano Festivals in Italy, International Piano Series in Switzerland, Celebrity Series of Boston in the United States and Stars of the White Nights Festival in Russia.
In addition to his 1st prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, he has won numerous prizes and awards at international competitions and festivals, including the Grand Prize at the 1st International Piano Competition for Young Pianists, the Premio Giovane Talento Musicale dell'anno 2017 and Best Young Musician of 2017. Also in 2017, Alexander became the first Yamaha Young Artist. In 2019, he won second prize at the I China International Music Competition.
In spring 2020, the Sony Classical label released the ‘Tchaikovsky 2020’ box set to mark P. Tchaikovsky's 180th birthday with the disc of Tchaikovsky's 1st Concerto performed by Alexander Malofeev with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Sladkovsky.
This season, Alexander Malofeev appears with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New World Symphony under Michael Tilson Thomas, with the Korean Symphony Orchestra and Finnegan Downie Dear, the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra and Rebecca Tong, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and JoAnn Falletta, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg and Lionel Bringuier, the Russian National Orchestra and Vladimir Spivakov.
He has given concerts at the Tanglewood Music Center in the United States, the Orpheum Theater in Canada, the Seoul Arts Center and the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul, the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Teatro Malibran in Venice, and the Grand Auditorium Philharmonie Luxembourg.
Alexander Malofeev takes part in international music festivals such as the Verbier Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the Lucens Classique Festival and the Riga Jurmala Music Festival.