Alexander GAVRYLYUK

ALEXANDER GAVRYLYUK Piano

A stunningly virtuosic pianist, Alexander is internationally recognised for his electrifying and poetic performances. Gavrylyuk launched his 2017/18 season with a BBC Proms performance of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto described as "revelatory" by The Times and "electrifying" by Limelight. Highlights of the 2019/20 season include: debuts with San Francisco Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, as well as return visits to Philharmonia Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Alexander also appears in solo recital at prestigious venues through Europe, including Wigmore Hall, Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Eindhoven, Perth Concert Hall, Palace of Arts Budapest, Lille Piano Festival and throughout Australia.

Born in Ukraine in 1984 and holding Australian citizenship, Alexander began his piano studies at the age of seven and gave his first concerto performance when he was nine years old. At the age of 13, Alexander moved to Sydney where he lived until 2006. He won First Prize and Gold Medal at the Horowitz International Piano Competition (1999), First Prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (2000), and Gold Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition (2005). He has since gone on to perform with many of the world's leading orchestras, including: New York, Los Angeles, Czech, Warsaw, Moscow, Seoul, Israel and Rotterdam Philharmonics; NHK, Chicago, Cincinnati and City of Birmingham Symphony orchestras; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philharmonia, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre National de Lille and the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker; collaborating with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alexandre Bloch, Herbert Blomstedt, Andrey Boreyko, Thomas Dausgaard, Valery Gergiev, Neeme Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Kirill Karabits, Louis Langrée, Cornelius Meister, Vassily Petrenko, Rafael Payare, Alexander Shelley, Yuri Simonov, Vladimir Spivakov, Markus Stenz, Sir Mark Elder, Thomas Søndergård, Gergely Madaras, Mario Venzago, Enrique Mazzola and Osmo Vänska. Gavrylyuk has appeared at many of the world's foremost festivals, including the Hollywood Bowl, Bravo! Vail Colorado, Mostly Mozart, the Ruhr Festival, the Kissinger Sommer International Music Festival, the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam. As a recitalist Alexander has performed at the Musikverein in Vienna, Tonhalle Zurich, Victoria Hall Geneva, Southbank Centre's International Piano Series, Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Master Pianists Series, Suntory Hall, Tokyo Opera City hall, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Cologne Philharmonie, Tokyo City Concert Hall, San Francisco, Sydney Recital Hall and Melbourne Recital Centre. Alexander also performs regularly with his recital partner Janine Jansens throughout Europe. In 2009 he made an acclaimed recording of the complete Prokofiev Concertos with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony which was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House. In addition to the Prokofiev cycle, he has recorded recital discs of works by Rachmaninov, Schumann, Scriabin, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev. Reviewing his latest disc of works by Brahms and Liszt, Gramophone magazine raved "this album should be in every serious collector's library."

Alexander is Artist in Residence at Chautauqua Institution where he leads the piano program as an artistic advisor. He supports a number of charities including Theme and Variations Young Pianist Trust which aims to provide support and encouragement to young, aspiring Australian pianists as well as Opportunity Cambodia, which has built a residential educational facility for Cambodian children. Alexander currently lives in the Netherlands with his wife Zorica and their two daughters Anna and Olivia. He is a Steinway Artist and more information is available on his website www.alexandergavrylyuk.com

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This biography should not be edited without permission from Askonas Holt. August 2019

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