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 Ukraine | Conductor - Mykola Dyadyura |
| The Symphonic Orchestra of Kharkov Philharmonie (Ukraine) | Conductor - Yuriy Yanko |
| Odessa National Philharmonic Orchestra (Ukraine) | Conductor - Hobart Earle |
| Latvian National Symphony Orchestra | Conductor - 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 Orchestra | Conductor - En Shao |
| Orchestra Filarmonica "Mihail Jora" di Bacau (Romania) | Conductor - Ovidiu Balan |
| Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra "Witold Lutoslawski" (Poland) | Conductor - Mariusz Smolij |
| Faroes Symphony Orchestra | Conductor - 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) |
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