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Aleksander was born in 1988 in Vladivostok. He studied in R.Glier Music School in Kaliningrad (cello). Then he entered F.Chopin Moscow State School of Music Performance (class of Maria Zhuravleva). In 2012 he finished the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (class of People Artist of USSR, Professor Natalia Shakhovskaya) amd the Berlin Higher Music School “Hanns Eisler“ (class of Pr. Frans Helmerson).
Laureate of the international competitions
2003
- Winner of IV Moscow Competition of Junior Cellists (Moscow).
2005
- Winner of I Cambridge International Competition (USA).
2006
- Grand Prix at Moscow Festival of Romantic Music (Moscow).
2010
- IV prize of VI UNISA International String Competition (Republic of South Africa).
- II prize r of III Beijing International Music Competition (Beijing, China).
- Winner of I All Russia Music Competition (Moscow).
2012
- IV prize of V International Antonio Yanigro Cello Competition in Zagreb (Croatia).
2013
- III Prize at the V International Paulo Cello Competition (Finland)
2015
- II Prize at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow)
In 2010 he attended festivals and master-classes of Courchevel Academy and Holland Music Sessions where he was coached by famous professors such as Philippe Muller, Reinhard Latzko, Maria Kliegel Uzi Wiesel. Martti Rousi, Sergey Roldugin.
He performs as a soloist and accompanied by an orchestra. Has toured throughout Russia and abroad, including Japan, UK and South Africa. He gave solo recitals at Brucknerhaus (Linz, Austria), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
He collaborated with conductors Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Fedoseev, Vasily Petrenko, Mikhail Yurovsky, Vladimir Spivakov, Alexander Sladkovsky.
Winner of the prize of the President of the Russian Federation for young cultural figures in 2023.
Soloist of the St. Petersburg Music House since 2011.
Soloist's page by Moscow Philharmonic
