Alexander Malofeev

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, 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.

Malofeev 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, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London. He regularly collaborates with renowned conductors including Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Susanna Mälkki, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Lahav Shani, Alain Altinoglu, Lionel Bringuier, Hannu Lintu, Vasily Petrenko, Andris Poga, Manfred Honeck, and Elim Chan.

In recent seasons, Malofeev has given concerts and recitals in major concert halls such as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Vienna Musikverein, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, the Lotte Concert Hall Seoul, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman.

Malofeev is a frequent guest at international festivals and renowned piano series, among them La Roque d'Anthéron and La Folle Journée in Nantes, the Klavierfestival Ruhr, the Master Pianist Series in Amsterdam the Salzburg Festival, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Verbier Festival, the Aspen Music Festival, and Tanglewood, as well as Carnegie Hall and Boston’s Celebrity Series.

At the start of the 2026/27 season, Malofeev will tour with the Filarmonica della Scala, ending 2026 with his Berlin Philharmonic debut under the direction of Kirill Petrenko. Further highlights of the season include his debut as soloist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Orchestre National de Paris, and the Pittsburgh Symphony as well as an extensive tour of Germany with the Bergen Philharmonic. 

Alexander Malofeev is an exclusive SONY Classical recording artist. He released his debut album “Forgotten Melodies” in February 2026 and subsequently won OPUS Klassik’s 2026 award in the category of “Young Talent of the Year. 

Born in Moscow in 2001, Alexander now resides in Berlin.