Russian-born
pianist
and
harpsichordist
Alexandra
Nepomnyashchaya
is
in
great
demand
both as a soloist and as a chamber musician.
Alexandra
graduated
from
the
Department
of
Historical
and
Modern
Art
Performance
at
the
Moscow
State
Tchaikovsky
Conservatory
from
the
class
of
Professor
Olga
Martynova
in
2009,
where
she
studied
piano,
harpsichord
and
fortepiano.
Alexandra
continued
her
studies
at
the
Conservatorium
van
Amsterdam,
gaining
a
master’s
degree
under
the
tutelage of Richard Egarr and Menno van Delft.
In
July
2015
Alexandra
graduated
with
the
Zertifikatstudium
Meisterklasse
Degree
at
the
Hochschule für Musik und Theater in München under Prof. Christine Schornsheim.
Alexandra
has
won
top
prizes
at
competitions
including
the
International
Festival
of
Early
Music
in
Austria,
the
All-Russian
Harpsichord
Competition
in
St.
Petersburg,
the
Prague
Spring
International
Competition
and
the
International
Johann
Sebastian
Bach
Competition Leipzig in 2014.
Her
love
for
chamber
music
and
solo
performing
has
brought
her
to
perform
in
premier
venues
and
festivals
all
over
Europe,
Russia
and
Asia.
She
has
appeared
at
Centre
de
Musique
Baroque
de
Versailles,
Concertgebouw
Amsterdam,
the
Barbican
Centre
in
London,
Musée
des
Beaux-Arts
de
Tours,
as
well
as
Utrecht
Early
Music
Festival,
Prague
Spring
International
Festival,
Innsbruck
Festival
of
Early
Music,
Kaisersaal
of
the
Munich
Residence,
and
the
Hong
Kong
Arts
Festival
among
others.
She
recently
appeared
in
Lapland
with
The
Lapland
Chamber
orchestra
playing
harpsichord
and
modern
piano
in
repertoire
spanning
four
centuries.
She
works
regularly
with
the
Amsterdam
Sinfonietta,
the
Redidentie
Orkest
in
Den
Haag,
the
Antwerp
Symphony
Orchestra,
and
the
Academy
of
Ancient music.
She also works at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag as a keyboard repetiteur.
Alexandra’s
debut
recording
on
fortepiano
was
released
on
Caro
Mitis
label
in
2009,
featuring
Mozart
sonatas
for
piano
and
violin
with
violinist
Sergei
Filchenko.
She
and
her
husband
Richard
Egarr
formed
Duo
Pleyel
in
2017
to
explore
the
4-hand
and
2-piano
repertoire
that
is
often
unjustly
ignored.
Their
repertoire
includes
J.C.Bach,
Dussek,
Czerny,
Hummel
and
Liszt,
alongside
Mozart,
Schubert
and
later
composers.
Forthcoming
concerts
take
them
to
Innsbruck,
Madrid,
Ghent
and
York.
For
the
LINN
record
label
they
have
recorded
the
complete
4-hand
music
by
Dussek,
Johann
Christian
Bach
and
the
early
Sonatas
of
Mozart.
Their
first
CD
for
LINN
of
works
by
Schubert
will
be
released
in
April
2020.
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