Alexander Kashpurin

Alexander (Aleksandr) Kashpurin (Russian: Александр Кашпурин; born 21 November 1996) is a concert pianist and conductor from Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is the winner of a number of national and international piano competitions and graduated in 2025 as conductor. In addition to being a pianist and conductor, he also teaches at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Saint Petersburg.

Early life

Kashpurin was born on 21 November 1996 in Volzhsky city of Volgograd Oblast and at a very young age he moved with his parents to Saint Petersburg. From the age of seven he was member of the professional boys' choir of Saint Petersburg, which has performed throughout Europe.

Music and career

Kashpurin started studying in the Musical Lyceum of Saint-Petersburg in the class of Irina Lobikova in 2009. In 2014, he joined the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory, his teacher being prof. Tatyana Zagorovskaya. He graduated in 2019, followed in 2020 by his postgraduate; both summa cum laude. In 2021 he joined master classes at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo, Belgium, an elite program for exceptional young talents.[1]

Since 2021 he is Associate professor (piano) at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.

Kashpurin is as pianist connected to the Marinskii theatre of Saint Petersburg[2] and to the Philharmonia in Saint Petersburg[3] In 2025 he graduated (Cum Laude) as conductor.

Kashpurin is a laureate of several International and All-Russian piano competitions and awards:

  • In years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 he became a winner of the "Young Talents" Award of the Government of Saint-Petersburg;
  • 2013: the 9th "Chopin Golden Ring" International Competition of Young Pianists in Slovenia (absolute winner and special award recipient);
  • 2017: the 3rd All-Russian S. Bendizky Piano Competition (Grand Prix and special award recipient);
  • 2017: the 7th J. Vitols International Piano Competition, Latvia (Grand Prix and special award recipient)[4]
  • Two-time winner of the All-Russian competition "Young talents of Russia" in the nomination "Musical Art";
  • 2019: First prize winner (and 2 special prizes) of the VIII International Čiurlionis Piano Competition in Vilnius, Lithuania. [5]
  • 2019: First prize winner (and 3 special prizes) of the 1st International Russian Music Piano Competition in Ryazan Russia [6]
  • 2021: First prize winner of the 'Les Étoiles du piano' competition in Lille (France)[7]
  • 2026: First Prize winner (and Audience Award winner) of the International_Franz_Liszt_Piano_Competition in Utrecht, Netherlands [8]. In the final Kashpurin played Liszt's Second Piano Concerto.

As a soloist and as a member of chamber ensembles he has toured in the Netherlands, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Austria, Spain, Bulgaria, Mongolia, Canada, China and Italy (the Lacmus Festival 2023[9]), Greece, Morocco, Azerbaijan. Kashpurin collaborated with such conductors as Gintaras Rinkevičius, Z. Gugkaev, M. Fedotov, A. Kantorov, etc.

In 2025 he graduated cum laude as conductor. Since 2022, he has led his own orchestra, Infinitum, which is also on his debut album In Search of Eternity.

Kashpurin participated in master classes of such pianists as Tamás Vásáry (Hungary), Cyprien Katsaris (France), Dmitri Bashkirov (Russia), Gottlieb Wallisch (Austria), Willem Brons (Netherlands), Daniel Pollack (USA), A. Tuerk-Espitalier (Germany), Alexander Sandler (Russia), Louis Lortie (Queen Elisabeth Chapel, Belgium).

Selected recordings

  • Michael Alexeyev: 26 preludes for piano[10]
  • In Search of Eternity: Liszt, Beethoven, Tchaikovski[11]

Reviews

  • Review of the CD In Search of Eternity[12]
  • Review Wigmore Hall 2022[13]
  • Review Montreal, Rachmaninoff Études Tableaux Op. 39
  • Salle Bourgie 2024[14]
  • Review Lille Piano Festival 2025[15]
  • Review Liszt International Piano Competition 2026 [16]

References

  1. ^ Alexander Kashpurin, Queen Elisabeth Chapel Waterloo Belgium.
  2. ^ "Alexander Kaspurin, pianist", Marinskii Theater
  3. ^ "Alexander Kashpurin", Philharmonia Saint Petersburg
  4. ^ Alexander Kashpurin, winner Vitols International Piano competition
  5. ^ Alexander Kashpurin winner Čiurlionis Piano Competition
  6. ^ Alexander Kashpurin winner senior group
  7. ^ Winner Les Etoiles du Piano, 2021
  8. ^ Alexander Kashpurin, winner of the Liszt International Piano Competition 2026
  9. ^ Lacmus Festival 2023, Lake Como
  10. ^ Michael Aleksejev componist and Alexander Kashpurin piano: 26 preludes for piano/Alexander Kashpurin
  11. ^ Search of Eternity Alexander Kashpurin piano and conductor. Franz Liszt, Apres une lecture de Dante – Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Mikhail Pletnev Nutcracker Suite – Infinitum Orchestra: – Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Vocalise, arr. for cello and string orchestra, Alexander Kashpurin, piano and conductor, CD Galatea Records 2022
  12. ^ "Review CD In Search of Eternity, opusklassiek.nl
  13. ^ "Beethoven La Chapelle offers an Ode to Joy", 9 January 2022, review Wigmore Hall, christopheraxworthymusiccommentary.com
  14. ^ "Review Montreal, Rachmaninoff Études Tableaux, Salle Bourgie 2024", ledevoir.com
  15. ^ "Review Lille Piano Festival 2025", concertclassic.com
  16. ^ "Alexander Kashpurins Last-Minute Triumph", World Federation of Music Competitions
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