Alexandre Kantorow (Piano)
Born: 20th May 1997, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Nationality: French
Born into a musical family in Clermont-Ferrand in 1997 and educated at the Conservatoire de Paris, Alexandre Kantorow took the Gold Medal and First Prize at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019. He made his debut on BIS in 2015 with a recording of the Liszt Piano Concertos (conducted by his father Jean-Jacques) which prompted Fanfare to describe him as ‘Liszt reincarnated’, and BBC Music Magazine to note that ‘Kantorow's approach rejects bombast in favour of an equable, mellow-toned artistry that's admirable in itself’. An equally impressive solo recital, à la Russe, followed two years later, featuring Rachmaninov’s Piano Sonata No. 1, Guido Agosti’s solo piano arrangement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and Balakirev’s notoriously fiendish Islamey; his discography also includes Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5 with the Tapiola Sinfonietta, and a recital of French violin sonatas with his father.
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Recording of the Week,
Bertrand Chamayou and Alexandre Kantorow
Two contrasting recitals from award-winning French pianists - one fuelled by melatonin, the other by adrenaline.
Recording of the Week,
Alexandre Kantorow plays Russian piano music
Katherine listens to the young French pianist's spellbinding virtuosity in a collection of dramatic Russian works.
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