Alexander Malofeev rose to international prominence in 2014, winning First Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians when he was only 13 years old. Malofeev’s major projects in recent months include a tour in Asia with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly and performances with the Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and Mikhail Pletnev, in the UK with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Kirill Karabits, and in Italy with the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and Fabio Luisi.
Alexander Malofeev performs with the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Orchestra of the National Academy of St. Cecilia, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. Alexander Malofeev performs regularly with, among others, the most famous conductors, including Riccardo Chailly, Mikhail Pletnev, Myung-Whun Chung, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, JoAnn Falletta, Susanna Mälkki, Lionel Bringuier, Alondra de la Parra.
Alexander Malofeev has appeared at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where he performed for the 30th anniversary of the Meester Pianists series, at Teatro alla Scala, at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, at the Herkulessaal in Munich, at the Philharmonie de Paris, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.
In addition to the First Prize in the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, Alexander Malofeev has won numerous other prizes and awards in international competitions and festivals, including the Grand Prix of the First International Competition for Young Pianists Grand Piano Competition, the ‘Young Musical Talent’ award, and the ‘Best Young Musician’ award in 2017. Also in 2017, Alexander Malofeev became the first Young Yamaha Artist. In 2019, he received Second Prize at the first China International Music Competition. In spring 2020, the Sony Classical label released the “Tchaikovsky 2020” box set for the composer’s 180th anniversary, including Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto recorded together with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and Alexander Sladkovsky. Alexander Malofeev was born in Moscow in October 2001. He studied at legendary institutions: the Institute for Young Musicians ‘Gnessin’ and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
