Alexander Yakovlev is a graduate of the Rostov State Conservatory, where he also completed postgraduate studies with Sergei Osipenko and studied composition with Leonid Klinichev. He then studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Alexei Lyubimov and in Berlin at the University of the Arts with Pascal Devoyon. The pianist’s international career grew rapidly after he won the 2006 Chopin Competition in Rome, where he was presented with a grand piano as well as the Grand Prix.
PERFORMERS
Alexander Yakovlev piano
PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian Bach / Sergej Rachmaninow
Suite aus der Partita Nr. 3 E-Dur BWV 1006
Johannes Brahms
Sieben Fantasien op. 116
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
Igor Strawinsky
Drei Sätze aus Petruschka (Fassung für Klavier)
