RESUME

COMPETITION AWARDS

2008 5th Jazeps Vitols International Piano Competition (Riga, Latvia), 3rd PRIZE
2008 24 Concorso Internazionale Musicale Valsesia - Musica (Varallo Sesia, Italy), 2nd PRIZE
2007 XXV Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ettore Pozzoli (Seregno, Italy), 1st PRIZE, Special Prize
2006 The 3rd International Piano Competition in Memory of Emil Gilels (Odessa, Ukraine), 2nd PRIZE, Silver medal
2006 The 3rd Abano Terme International Piano Competition "Premio Fausto Zadra" (Italy), 2nd PRIZE
2005 The 7th New Orleans International Piano Competition (USA), 2nd PRIZE, Silver medal
2005 The 4th International Seiler Piano Competition (Kitzingen, Germany), 4th PRIZE
2004 Young Concert Artists International Auditions (New York, USA), 1st PRIZE
2003 XVI Ibiza International Piano Competition (Spain), 1st PRIZE
2003 The Vendome Prize International Piano Competition (London, UK - Lisbon - Sintra, Portugal) 2nd PRIZE
2003 The Paula Cussi International Piano Competition to Celebrate the Tercentenary of St. Petersburg (Russia), 1st PRIZE
2002 The 1st Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition (Finland), Special Prize
2002 Winner of Yamaha Scholarship Award 2002
2001 Scottish International Piano Competition (Glasgow, UK), Bryden Thomson Memorial Prize
2001 The 4th International Piano Competition in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz (Kiev, Ukraine), 2nd PRIZE, Silver medal, Special Prize
2000 The 8th Newport International Piano Competition (UK), 1st PRIZE
2000 The 4th Orleans Concours International Piano XX Siecle (France), Bronze medal, Prize Samson Francois, Prize Salabert
1999 Bremer Klavierwettbewerb (Germany) 2nd PRIZE, Special Prize
1999 The 3rd International Prokofiev Piano Competition (St.Petersburg, Russia), 3rd PRIZE
1998 The 7th International "Pilar Bayona" Piano Competition (Saragossa, Spain), Special Prize
1997 The 5th International Competition for Music and Art School Students (Takasaki, Japan), 2nd PRIZE
1997 Winner of Gartow's Fund (Germany) Support for Piano Students (St.Petersburg, Russia)
1993 International F.Shopin Competition (Gottingen, Germany), Diploma
1992 International Competition "Youth Assemblies of Arts" (Moscow, Russia), Diploma
1990 The 1st Competition for Young Pianists (St.Petersburg, Russia), 1st PRIZE


RECORDINGS

CD released by Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition (Italy, 2007)E. Pozzoli. 5 Etudes
F. Chopin. Nocturne No 7 cis-moll, op.27 Nr.1
F. Chopin / F. Liszt. Six Polish Songs, op.74
F. Liszt / V. Horowitz. Hungarian Rhapsody No 19
S. Prokofiev. Sonata No 7 B-dur, op.83
F. Chopin. Etude c-moll, op.10 Nr.12
A. Skriabin. Etude Des-dur, op.8 Nr.10
Alexandre Pirojenko also appears on the following CD's:
CD issued by F. Liszt International Piano Competition in Wroclaw (Poland, 2003) Schubert / Liszt. Aufenthalt
CD "Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition" (Finland, 2002)A. Skriabin. Etude Des-dur, op.8 Nr.10
CD "Prelude to dreams" issued by Scottish International Piano Competition 2001 (UK)A. Skriabin. Valse As-dur, op.38
CD "IV International Piano Competition in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz" (Ukraine, 2001)F. Liszt / V.Horowitz. Hungarian Rhapsody No 19
E. Granados. Spanish Dance No 5 e-moll
CD "Bremer Klavierwettbewerb'99" (Germany)J. Haydn. Sonata As-dur, Hob. XVI / 46
S. Prokofiev. Sonata No 6 A-dur, op. 82


CONCERTO PERFORMANCES

Honored Academic Symphony Orchestra of St.Petersburg Philharmonic (Russia) Conductors - Nikolai Alexeev, Alexander Dmitriev, Andrei Anikhanov
Academic Symphony Orchestra of St.Petersburg Philharmonic (Russia) Conductors - Vladimir Altshuler, Alexander Sladkovsky, Valentin Nesterov, Vladimir Verbitsky, Alexander Vikulov
The Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra (St.Petersburg, Russia) Conductor - Tugan Sokhiev
Youth Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg, Russia) Conductor - Tugan Sokhiev
St.Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra (Russia) Conductors - Alexander Titov, Vladimir Lande, Arkady Steinlucht
St.Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra (Russia)Conductor - Roman Leontiev
St.Petersburg Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra (Russia) Conductor - Alexander Tchernushenko
V.P. Soloviev-Sedoi TRC "Petersburg" Symphony Orchestra (Russia) Conductor - Stanislav Gorkovenko
St.Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra "Klassika" (Russia) Conductors - Alexander Kantorov, Roman Leontiev, Iosif Nurdaev, Elena Boiko
Symphony Orchestra of the Mikhailovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre (St.Petersburg, Russia) Conductor - Andrei Anikhanov
Symphony Orchestra "Capella Tavricheskaya" (St.Petersburg, Russia)Conductor - Mikhail Golikov
State Hermitage Orchestra "St.Petersburg Camerata" (Russia)Conductor - Vladimir Fanshil
Symphony Orchestra of Opera and Ballet Theatre of St.Petersburg Conservatoire (Russia) Conductors - Alexander Sladkovsky, Maxim Alexeev
Concert Chamber Orchestra of St.Petersburg Conservatoire (Russia)Conductor - Sergey Stadler
Symphony Orchestra of St.Petersburg Conservatoire (Russia)Conductor - Arkady Steinlucht
Symphony Orchestra of St.Petersburg Philharmonic Society (Russia) Conductor - Pyotr Gribanov
Tschaikowski St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra (Russia) Conductor - Roman Leontiev
Symphony Orchestra of St.Petersburg Philharmonie for Children and Youth Conductor - Eduard Gustin, Iosif Nurdaev
Youth Chamber Orchestra "Baltica" (St.Petersburg, Russia)Conductor - Pavel Smelkov
Symphony Orchestra of M. P. Mussorgsky Music College (St.Petersburg, Russia)Conductor - Mikhail Golikov
Youth Chamber Orchestra of St.Petersburg University (Russia) Conductors - Andrey Alexeev, Stanislav Gorkovenko
Festival Chamber Orchestra (Russia) Conductor - Pyotr Shakhov
Saratov Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra (Russia) Conductor - Edward Serov
Volgograd Academic Symphony Orchestra (Russia) Conductors - Edward Serov, Arkady Steinlucht
Karelia Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Russia) Conductors - Arkady Steinlucht, Elena Boiko
National Symphony Orchestra of Bashkortostan Republic (Russia) Conductors - Tagir Kamalov, Roman Leontiev
The National Academic Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine Conductors - Volodimir Sirenko, Viktor Ploskina
Academic Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of UkraineConductor - Mykola Dyadyura
The Symphonic Orchestra of Kharkov Philharmonie (Ukraine) Conductor - Yuriy Yanko
Odessa National Philharmonic Orchestra (Ukraine) Conductor - Hobart Earle
Latvian National Symphony OrchestraConductor - Imants Resnis
BBC National Orchestra of Wales (UK) Conductor - Grant Llewellyn
Nordwestdeutschen Philharmonie (Germany) Conductor - Ulf Schirmer
L'Orchestra de I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano (Italy) Conductor - Nicholas Carthy
The Gulbenkian Orchestra (Portugal) Conductor - Neil Varon
Orquestra Nacional do Porto (Portugal) Conductor - Christoph Konig
The RTV Slovenia Symphony OrchestraConductor - En Shao
Orchestra Filarmonica "Mihail Jora" di Bacau (Romania)Conductor - Ovidiu Balan
Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra "Witold Lutoslawski" (Poland) Conductor - Mariusz Smolij
Faroes Symphony OrchestraConductor - Bernhardur Wilkinson
Contemporaneous Orchestral Ensemble (France) Conductor - Olivier Dejours
Orchestra of St. Luke's (USA)Conductor - Michael Stern
The Naples Philharmonic Orchestra (USA, Florida) Conductor - Jorge Mester
Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (USA) Conductor - Klauspeter Seibel
Albany Symphony Orchestra (USA) Conductor - Claire Fox Hillard
Fort Smith Symphony (USA) Conductor - John Jeter


CONCERT HALLS AND CITIES

Russia: St.Petersburg, including all the most important concert halls:
- Grand and Chamber Halls of St.Petersburg D.Shostakovich Philharmonie
- Capella
- Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall
- Anton Rubinstein Grand Hall (Opera and Ballet Theatre) and Glazunov Concert Hall of St.Petersburg State Conservatoire
- Hermitage Theatre
- Concert Hall of St.Petersburg Composers Club
- Column Hall of Herzen Institute
- Concert Hall of St. Petersburg State University and many others
- also played The 10th Concert of Barbara's Home Concerts (organized by HM Consul-General Barbara Hay, St.Petersburg),

Moscow (Conservatoire Small Hall, Rachmaninov Hall), Saratov, Volgograd, Ufa, Petrozavodsk, Vologda, Orel, Novgorod The Great, Vyborg, Oktyabrsky, Kostroma
Ukraine: Kiev (Grand Philharmonic Hall, Conservatoire Grand Hall), Kharkov (Philharmonic Hall), Odessa (Philharmonic Hall), Uzhgorod (Philharmonic Hall), Mukachevo
Estonia: Tallinn
Latvia: Riga (The Big Guild Concert Hall, Vitols Academy Big Hall)
Kazakhstan: Almaty (Conservatoire Small Hall)
Georgia: Tbilisi (Conservatoire Grand Hall), Kutaisi
France: Paris (Salle Alfred Cortot, UNESCO Concert Hall, Conservatoire Serge Rachmaninoff), Orleans (Ecole Nationale de Musique d'Orleans), Toulouse (Salle Bleue de l'Espace Croix Baragnon), Beauchamp (Salle des Fetes)
Germany: Berlin (Concert Hall of Music Instruments' Museum), Cologne (Philharmonie), Bremen (Glocke Concert Hall), Dusseldorf, Hannover, Stuttgart, Essen, Lubeck, Darmstadt, Koblenz, Kitzingen, Goslar, Wolfshagen
Austria: Salzburg (Solitar - Universitat Mozarteum)
Switzerland: Geneva (Palais des Nations - UNO Concert Hall)
UK: London
USA: New York City (92 Street Y - Kaufmann Concert Hall, Lincoln Center - Rose Theatre and The Allen Room, Lehman Center for the Performing Arts), Washington D. C. (Kennedy Center - Terrace Theater), New Orleans (Roussel Performance Hall, Dixon Hall of Tulane University), Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Kalamazoo, Des Moines, Naples (FL), Sarasota (FL), North Bethesda (MD, Strathmore Mansion) Myrtle Beach (SC), Springfield (MO), Fort Smith (AR), Albany (GA), Crossville (TN), Latrobe (PA), Mobile (AL), Brownville (NE), Crete (NE, Doane College), Kilmarnock (VA), Meredith (NY), Danville (KY), Ashland (KY), Florence (AL), Opelika (AL), Thomasville (GA), Anniston (AL), Fort Myers (FL), West Palm Beach (FL), Lakeland (FL), Vero Beach (FL), Daytona Beach (FL), Avon Park (FL), Fort Lauderdale (FL), Fairfax (VA), Charleston (SC), Manassas (VA), Pembroke (NC) Newport News (VA), Wilmington (DE), New Brunswick (NJ), Binghamton (NY), Elmira (NY), Morristown (NJ), Englewood (NJ), Zanesville (OH), Quincy (IL), Rockford (IL), Champaign-Urbana (IL), Cape Girardeau (MO), St. Charles (MO), Edmond (OK), Ames (IA), Santa Fe (NM), Albuquerque (NM), Beaver Creek (CO), Palm Desert (CA), Costa Mesa (CA), Folsom (CA), Arcata (CA)
Netherlands: Amsterdam (Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal), Rotterdam, Haarlem, Amstelveen, Bergen, Weert
Italy: Lecco (Teatro della Sosieta), Seregno (Teatro Santavaleria), Carate Brianza (Auditorium "Il Parco"), Abano Terme (Kursaal), Cividino (Convento Frati Minori)
Portugal: Sintra (Quinta da Piedade)
Spain: Ibiza (Centro Cultural de San Carlos)
Faroe Islands:Torshavn (Nordic House), Runavik, Fuglafirdi
Japan: Hamamatsu (Gakugei Gymnasium)
Slovenia: Ljubljana (Cankarjev dom - Gallusova dvorana) and other cities
Croatia: Zagreb (Croatia Music Hall)
Serbia: Belgrade (Gallery "Progress"), Novi Sad, Zrenjanin
Lebanon: Beirut, Tripoli, Saida, Jounieh
Peru: Lima, Arequipa


PARTICIPATION IN FESTIVALS

2013 The 49th International Festival "Petersburg Musical Spring" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2013 The 8th International Festival "Baltic Piano Duos" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2012 The International Festival "Faces of modern pianism" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2012 The 3rd Festival "Water Music" (Gatchina, St.Petersburg, Russia)
2010 The Fifth International Festival "Baltic Piano Duos" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2009 XVII Music Festival "The Stars of the White Nights" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2009 "Alles Beethoven & Schubert!" - Zyklus (Salzburg, Austria)
2008 VI St.Petersburg International Piano Festival "European Piano Express" (Russia)
2008 Festival Internazionale "In Viaggio... con la Musica" (Cividino, Italy)
2007 III International Music Festival "Water Music" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2005 Honest Brook Music Festival (Meredith, USA)
2004 Sintra Festival 2004 (Sintra, Portugal)
2004, 2005, 2007 VII, VIII and X International Festivals "Kyiv Summer Music Evenings" (Kiev, Ukraine)
2004 Music Festival "M. Glinka. Bicentenary" (Moscow, Russia)
2004 VIII Piano Music Festival "Gradus ad Parnassum" (Moscow, Russia)
2004 International Chamber Music Festival "Saint-Petersburg Palaces" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2002 Music Festival "Youth Academies of Russia" (St.Petersburg - Moscow, Russia)
2002, 2003 The 1st and 2nd St.Petersburg International Piano Festivals (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2002 The 3rd International Music Festival "The Five Evenings in St.Petersburg" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2002 The 11th Music Festival "Monrepo Evenings" (Vyborg, Russia)
2001 International Festival "International Week of Conservatoires" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2001 The 37th International Festival "Petersburg Musical Spring" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2000 The 5th International Festival "Musical Olympus" (St.Petersburg, Russia)
1992, 1999 Anton Rubinstein Festival (St.Petersburg, Russia)
1997 The 6th International Music Festival "Virtuosi of the Year 2000" (St.Petersburg, Russia)


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2013-Present Mr. Pirojenko teaches piano at the Herzen University's College of Music (St.Petersburg, Russia)
2010-Present Mr. Pirojenko teaches piano at the Special Music School of St.Petersburg State Conservatoire named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov (Russia)
2006-2013 Mr. Pirojenko tought piano at St.Petersburg State Conservatoire named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov (Russia)
Mr. Pirojenko gave master classes:
2010 in Torshavn, Faroe Islands
2008 in Abano Terme, Italy
2007 in Springfield MO, USA
2007 in Brownville NE, USA
2007 for students of Northeastern University in Chicago, USA
2006 in Uzhgorod, Ukraine
2005 for students of Western Michigan University School of Music in Kalamazoo, USA


OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2006 Mr. Pirojenko served as a jury member of the 7th Children and Youth International Music Competition "Sribny Dzvin" ("Silver Bell"), Uzhgorod, Ukraine
2005 Mr. Pirojenko served as a jury member of XVII Ibiza International Piano Competition, Spain


EDUCATION

2004-2009 Postgraduate (soloklassen) at Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hannover (Germany) in piano class of Prof. Arie Vardi
2003-2005 Completed postgraduate studies at St.Petersburg State Conservatoire named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov (Russia) in piano class of Prof. Alexander Sandler
2003 Graduated from St.Petersburg State Conservatoire named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov (Russia) with the highest honours
1998-2003 Student at St.Petersburg State Conservatoire named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov (Russia) in piano class of Prof. Alexander Sandler
1993-1998 Student at Special Music School-lyceum of St.Petersburg State Conservatoire (Russia) in piano class of Marina Wolf
1984-1993 Student at District Music School in St.Petersburg (Russia) in piano class of Irina Saravayskaya
Participation in master classes:
2004 Master Class of Prof. Arie Vardi (Goslar, Germany)
2004 Master Class of Prof. Matti Raekallio (Goslar, Germany)
2003 Master Class of Prof. Mikhail Voskresensky (Bergen, Netherlands)
2003 Master Class of Prof. Marie-Francoise Bucquet (Bergen, Netherlands)
2001 Master Class of Prof. Lazar Berman (Bergen, Netherlands)
2001, 2003 Master Class of Prof. Jan Marisse Huizing (Bergen, Netherlands)
2001 Master Class of Prof. Jan Wijn (Alkmaar, Bergen, Netherlands)
2000, 2001 Master Class of Prof. Norma Fisher (London, UK)
1999 Master Class of Prof. Hans Leygraf (Darmstadt, Germany)
1998 Master Class of Prof. Victor Rosenbaum (St.Petersburg, Russia)
1997 Master Class of Prof. Paul Badura-Skoda (St.Petersburg, Russia)
1995 Master Class of Prof. Paul Badura-Skoda (Lubeck, Germany)
1992 Master Class of Prof. Alexei Nasedkin (Moscow, Russia)