Alexander Gavrylyuk | |
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Background information | |
Born | 19 August 1984 Kharkiv, Ukraine |
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Concert Pianist |
Instrument(s) | Piano |
Years active | 1993 till present |
Website |
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Alexander Gavrylyuk (born 19 August 1984) is a Ukrainian-born Australian pianist. [1]
Gavrylyuk's first concert performance was at the age of nine. He moved to Australia at the age of 13. [2]
In 1999 he won the Vladimir Horowitz Competition, in 2000 the Hamamatsu Competition and in 2005 the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. [3]
Gavrylyuk has held solo recitals at, among others, Wigmore Hall in London, Musikverein in Vienna, Tonhalle, Zürich and Konzerthaus Berlin. The major orchestras he has performed with include: the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. [2]
He has recorded Sergei Prokofiev's five concertos with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy. [4] In 2013 and 2014, he gave cycle performances of all four Rachmaninov concertos as well as the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with Neeme Järvi ( Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) and Bramwell Tovey ( Vancouver Symphony Orchestra), respectively. [2]
Other conductors with whom Gavrylyuk has collaborated include: Herbert Blomstedt, Vladimir Jurowski, Vasily Petrenko, Osmo Vänskä, Louis Langrée, Andrey Boreyko, Vladimir Spivakov, Oleg Caetani and Yuri Simonov. [2]
As part of the 2017 London Prom season at the Royal Albert Hall he performed Rachmaninov's Third Concerto with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Dausgaard to great acclaim.