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Born in Kyiv (Ukraine), pianist Alexej Gorlatch has been celebrated by the New York Times for his “heartfelt, dignified and soulful” performances, while the BBC Music Magazine acknowledged his “refined and unerringly idiomatic artistry”.

Alexej Gorlatch is Professor of Piano at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany. He is deeply committed to the conveyance of music and the development of young talents, has given masterclasses in Europe, Asia and the USA and has been a jury member of international competitions. He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts with Martin Hughes and at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and Bernd Goetzke.

His victory at the ARD International Music Competition, where Alexej Gorlatch received 1st prize, the audience prize and several further special awards, was preceded by a remarkable musical career – within just six years he received 1st prize at nine renowned international piano competitions, including the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Dublin International Piano Competition and Deutscher Musikwettbewerb, as well as being awarded the Silver Medal at the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition.

Alexej Gorlatch gave highly acclaimed performances at the world’s most prestigious concert venues, including Carnegie Hall New York, Wigmore Hall London, the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Great Hall of the Berliner Philharmonie, Salle Cortot in Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus, Salzburg Festspielhaus, Suntory Hall and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, the Herkulessaal and Philharmonie in Munich, Alte Oper Frankfurt, and the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. He is regularly invited by leading music festivals, such as the Festival International de Piano “La Roque d’Anthéron”, Lucerne Festival, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Rheingau Musik Festival, Yokohama International Piano Festival, the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Wexford Opera Festival in Ireland, and the Harrogate International Festivals in the UK. He has toured Germany, Japan, South Korea, Italy, South Africa, Ireland, and the USA.

As a soloist Alexej Gorlatch appeared with numerous orchestras, such as the Hallé Manchester, Royal Northern Sinfonia, RTÉ National Symphony Ireland, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Stuttgart SWR Symphony, NDR Symphony and NDR Radio Philharmonic, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Dresden Philharmonic, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie, Dortmunder Philharmoniker, Münchner Symphoniker, Camerata Salzburg, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, leading orchestras of Japan – NHK Symphony, Japan Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Nagoya Philharmonic, and Kyushu Symphony – the Korean Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, Malmö Symphony, Orchestre National de Belgique, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Bern Symphony, Symphonic Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonic, and the Johannesburg Philharmonic.

His discography includes studio productions on SONY Classical, OehmsClassics, BR Klassik, GENUIN and RAM, as well as releases of his live performances on the Edition Ruhr Piano Festival and the BR Klassik labels, which have been greeted with great acclaim and received awards by international trade press (BBC Music Magazine, Fono Forum, STEREO, Süddeutsche Zeitung, hifi&records, Kultur SPIEGEL, Piano News, das Orchester, Crescendo).

 

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