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Kobrin is especially interested in the music of the classical and romantic periods. He has recorded an all-Chopin compact disc along with the compact disc of some of his performances at the Van Cliburn competition. Quartz Music and Centaur Records have produced many well-known recordings by Kobrin, including his most recent Complete Chopin Sonatas album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Kobrin {{!}} Artist |url=https://quartzmusic.com/artist/alexander-kobrin/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Quartz Music Limited |language=en-GB}}</ref> Kobrin formerly taught at the Gnessin State Academy of Music in Moscow, but in the fall of 2009, he relocated to the United States. He has taught at the Schwob School of Music at [[Columbus State University]] and the [[Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development]] at [[New York University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/piano/people/faculty/kobrin |title=Steinhardt School: Piano Faculty |access-date=2014-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724030604/http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/piano/people/faculty/kobrin |archive-date=2014-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kobrin joined the piano faculty at the [[Eastman School of Music]] in the fall of 2017. Starting in the fall of 2023, Kobrin will also be joining the faculty at [[Università della Svizzera italiana]] in continuing education piano department. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.conservatorio.ch/en/foundation/the-csi-informs/detail/id/37167/continuing-education-new-piano-teacher | title=Continuing Education: New piano teacher &#124; Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana }}</ref> He continues to perform, mainly as a soloist and chamber musician, and frequently appears as a jury member at international piano competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Kobrin {{!}} Pianist |url=http://alexanderkobrin.org/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=alexanderkobrin.org}}</ref>
Kobrin is especially interested in the music of the classical and romantic periods. He has recorded an all-Chopin compact disc along with the compact disc of some of his performances at the Van Cliburn competition. Quartz Music and Centaur Records have produced many well-known recordings by Kobrin, including his most recent Complete Chopin Sonatas album.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Kobrin {{!}} Artist |url=https://quartzmusic.com/artist/alexander-kobrin/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=Quartz Music Limited |language=en-GB}}</ref> Kobrin formerly taught at the Gnessin State Academy of Music in Moscow, but in the fall of 2009, he relocated to the United States. He has taught at the Schwob School of Music at [[Columbus State University]] and the [[Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development]] at [[New York University]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/piano/people/faculty/kobrin |title=Steinhardt School: Piano Faculty |access-date=2014-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724030604/http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/piano/people/faculty/kobrin |archive-date=2014-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kobrin joined the piano faculty at the [[Eastman School of Music]] in the fall of 2017. Starting in the fall of 2023, Kobrin will also be joining the faculty at [[Università della Svizzera italiana]] in continuing education piano department. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.conservatorio.ch/en/foundation/the-csi-informs/detail/id/37167/continuing-education-new-piano-teacher | title=Continuing Education: New piano teacher &#124; Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana }}</ref> He continues to perform, mainly as a soloist and chamber musician, and frequently appears as a jury member at international piano competitions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexander Kobrin {{!}} Pianist |url=http://alexanderkobrin.org/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |website=alexanderkobrin.org}}</ref>

=== Albums ===

* Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Semifinal Round (2005)
* Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Gold Medalist (2005)
* Brahms Piano Music (2010)
* Live from the Moscow Conservatoire (2012)
* Rachmaninov: Heritage, Works for Two Pianos (2014)
* Schumann: Carnaval, Op.9, Waldszenen, Op. 82 & Arabesque, Op.18 (2014)
* Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op.37a (2017)

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Revision as of 20:35, 2 June 2023

Alexander Kobrin
Born (1980-03-20) 20 March 1980 (age 44)
Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russia  United States [1]
Alma materMoscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Occupations
  • pianist
  • teacher
Awards1st place, gold medalist(s) Scottish International Piano Competition 1998
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition 1999
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) XIV International Chopin Piano Competition 2000
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2003
1st place, gold medalist(s) Van Cliburn International Piano Competition 2005
Musical career
Genresclassical music
Instrumentpiano
Years active1999–present
Websitewww.alexanderkobrin.org

Alexander Yevgenyevich Kobrin (Александр Кобрин, born 20 March 1980 in Moscow) is a concert pianist and teacher.

At age five, he enrolled in the Gnessin Special School of Music in Moscow where his primary teacher was Tatiana Zelikman. When he turned eighteen, he enrolled at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, as a student of the legendary teacher, Lev Naumov, and he holds a graduate degree from that institution.

As a teenager, Kobrin won several youth piano competitions, but he won his first adult competition, the Scottish International Piano Competition when he was 18. The next year, in 1999, he won the Busoni Competition, after several years in which the first prize had not been awarded because no competitor's performances had been deemed worthy. In 2000, the year Yundi Li was the winner, Kobrin was third at the XIV International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Kobrin later won the top prize at Japan's Hamamatsu competition.

In June 2005 he won the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Among his prizes included a $20,000 cash award, a compact disc recording, concert tours, and professional management both in the United States and Europe, a professional attire stipend and subsidized travel in the United States.

Even before his Cliburn victory, Kobrin maintained an extensive schedule of engagements in Europe and Asia. He has performed with the Moscow Virtuosi, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Virtuosi of Salzburg Chamber Orchestra, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, the Rio de Janeiro Symphonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, and the Osaka and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras. Since then, he has performed with countless other orchestras, including The New York Philharmonic,[2] Royal Liverpool Philharmonic,[3] Dallas Symphony Orchestra,[4] and many more.

Kobrin has received many exceptional concert reviews, including The New York Times stating that "He surrendered neither the smoothness nor the dynamic fluidity that the modern piano allows, and he gave his sense of fantasy free rein ... creating an almost confessional spirit."[5]

Kobrin is especially interested in the music of the classical and romantic periods. He has recorded an all-Chopin compact disc along with the compact disc of some of his performances at the Van Cliburn competition. Quartz Music and Centaur Records have produced many well-known recordings by Kobrin, including his most recent Complete Chopin Sonatas album.[6] Kobrin formerly taught at the Gnessin State Academy of Music in Moscow, but in the fall of 2009, he relocated to the United States. He has taught at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University and the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University.[7] Kobrin joined the piano faculty at the Eastman School of Music in the fall of 2017. Starting in the fall of 2023, Kobrin will also be joining the faculty at Università della Svizzera italiana in continuing education piano department. [8] He continues to perform, mainly as a soloist and chamber musician, and frequently appears as a jury member at international piano competitions.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Alexander Kobrin".
  2. ^ "Lang Lang Cancels Bethel Woods Inaugural Concert Due to Illness | Playbill". Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Classical: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Petrenko | Vienna Philharmonic/Gergiev". the Guardian. 17 September 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Classical music review: Alexander Kobrin shows off deeper, balanced talent at TCU piano festival recital". Dallas News. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  5. ^ Kozinn, Allan (25 July 2012). "Showing Spirit and Restraint in Equal Measure". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Alexander Kobrin | Artist". Quartz Music Limited. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Steinhardt School: Piano Faculty". Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  8. ^ "Continuing Education: New piano teacher | Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana".
  9. ^ "Alexander Kobrin | Pianist". alexanderkobrin.org. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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