Alexander Paley
Alexander Paley (born January 9, 1956 in Chișinău , Soviet Union ) is a Soviet pianist.
Live and act
Alexander Paley began playing the piano at the age of six and gave his first concert at the age of 13. He won a national music award and then studied with Bella Davidowitsch and Vera Gornostayeva at the Moscow Conservatory . Paley won numerous international competitions, he received first prize at the Leipzig Bach Competition in 1984 and the Bösendorfer Prize in 1986 and the first Pancho Vladigerov Competition in Bulgaria .
In 1988 he emigrated to the USA. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has given concerts in Europe, America and China. He has performed with artists such as Mstislaw Rostropowitsch , Boris Pergamenschikow , Bella Davidovich and Dmitri Sitkowetski and has worked with major orchestras such as the Gewandhausorchester , the Concertgebouw Orchestra , the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater , the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra , the Orchester National de France and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra as well as other well-known symphony orchestras in the USA. He also performed at various music festivals and founded his own festival, the Alexander Paley Festival , which first took place in 2011 in Moldova .
His repertoire includes both classical concert literature and modern works. He played various world premieres such as piano concertos by Sheila Silver in Carnegie Hall and by Jean-Louis Agobet with the Strasbourg Philharmonic .
Paley is married to the pianist Peiwen Chen .
Discography (selection)
- Weber : Piano Music, Vol. 1-4 (1994)
- Scriabin : Studies (Complete) (1997)
- Chopin : La Ci Darem Variations (1999)
- Silver : Piano Concerto / Six Preludes (2003)
- JS Bach : Goldberg Variations (1994)
- Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 / Ballads / Scherzos (2006)
- Balakirev : Complete Piano Works (2009)
- Rubinstein : Piano Concertos No. 2 and 4 (2013)
- Tchaikovsky : Grande Sonate & The Seasons (2014)
- Rameau by Alexander Paley (2014)
- Rameau: Suite in E & Suite in Ré (2015)
- Medtner & Rachmaninov (2016)
Web links
- Alexander Paley at Discogs (English)
- Alexander Paley at Allmusic (English)
- Alexander Paley's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Paley (piano) - Short Biography. Retrieved April 28, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e Alexander Paley. In: Pro Piano Hamburg e. V. Accessed April 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Alexander Paley. In: Label Aparté. Retrieved April 28, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Alexander Paley age, biography. Accessed April 28, 2020 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Paley, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paley, Alexandre; Палей, Александр Беньяминович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chișinău , Soviet Union |