GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Alexander Malofeev studied at legendary institutions such as the Gnessin Special College of Music and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
In 2014, at the age of only thirteen, Alexander Malofeev won the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. Quickly hailed by critics as a “young Russian genius” (Corriere della Sera), he has since established himself as one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation.
Since his promising debut, Alexander has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including
the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt), BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, Korean Symphony Orchestra and Baltic Sea Philharmonic.
He collaborates regularly with some of the most renowned conductors of our time, such as Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun…
Alexander Malofeev studied at legendary institutions such as the Gnessin Special College of Music and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow.
In 2014, at the age of only thirteen, Alexander Malofeev won the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians. Quickly hailed by critics as a “young Russian genius” (Corriere della Sera), he has since established himself as one of the most remarkable pianists of his generation.
Since his promising debut, Alexander has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including
the Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt), BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, Korean Symphony Orchestra and Baltic Sea Philharmonic.
He collaborates regularly with some of the most renowned conductors of our time, such as Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Susanna Mälkki, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Alain Altinoglu, Lionel Bringuier, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Kirill Karabits, Hannu Lintu, Vasily Petrenko, Andris Poga, Fabio Luisi, Michael Tilson Thomas, Juraj Valcuha, Kazuki Yamada, among others.
In recent seasons, he has given concerts and recitals in major concert halls: the Musikverein in Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Lotte Concert Hall Seoul, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Peking and the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman.
Malofeev is a frequent guest at international festivals and renowned piano series such as La Roque d'Anthéron and La Folle Journée in Nantes, the Piano Festival in Brescia and Bergamo, the Master Pianist Series in Amsterdam, the Rheingau Music Festival, Verbier Festival, Tanglewood Festival and the Celebrity Series in Boston, USA.
Highlights of the 2025/26 season include performances with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Karina Canellakis, the Wiener Symphoniker and Petr Popelka, solo recitals in Europe and the USA, as well as a concert tour with violinist María Dueñas. In June 2025, he was one of six pianists selected to perform at the ‘Harmonies of Hope’ concert in the Vatican at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV.
Alexander Malofeev is an exclusive Sony Classical artist. His debut album for the label will be released in early 2026.
Born in Moscow in 2001, he now resides in Berlin.
A thrilling rollercoaster ride of virtuosity and expression like this would have left most mortals drained but, after being recalled to the stage multiple times, the 20 year-old offered a beguiling performance of Mikhail Pletnev’s piano transcription of the pas de deux from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.
