Aleksandr Polyakov

Aleksandr Polyakov, Pianist

The Boston Conservatory 2007-2013 
Artist Diploma in Piano
Professor – Michael Lewin


National Music Academy of Ukraine named after P.I.Tchaikovsky 2005-2013
B.M., M.M./M.Ed., Assistantship in Piano Performance /magna cum laude/
Professors – Borys Arkhimovych, Tatiana Roschina

Active participation in masterclasses with renowned artists and pedagogues:

A. Braginsky, A. Skavrondsky, B. Arkhymovych, E. Graf, E. Krassovsky, E. Tkah, E. Zilberkant, I. Ryabov, I. Vered, J. Rose, L. Howard, M. Suk, N. Demidenko, N. Shtarkman, S. Mayer, U. Oppens, V. Krainev, V. Pyasetsky, V. Rudenko, V. Viardo

Piano Awards and Competitions: 

2012

  • McKenzie Award, International Keyboard Institute & Festival, NYC, USA 


2011

  • 3rd Prize, 9th International F. Liszt Piano Competition, Utrecht, Netherlands 


2009

  • 2nd Prize, 6th International F. Liszt Piano Competition, Bayreuth-Weimar, Germany
  • Special Award for Best Interpretation of Works by Franz Liszt
  • Special Award for Best Interpretation of Works by Franz Schubert 


2008

  • 1st Prize, Steinway Society Piano Competition, Boston, USA
  • 3rd Prize, New England International Chamber Music Competition, Boston, USA 


2007

  • 5th Prize, 51st World Piano Competition, Cincinnati, USA 3rd Prize,
  • 7th International Piano Competition in Memory of V. Horowitz, Kiev, Ukraine 


2005

  • Special Prize, Summit Music Competition, Tarrytown, USA 


2004

  • 1st Prize, 8th Ukrainian Competition “New Names of Young Stars,” Kiev, Ukraine
  • Grand Prix, International Competition of Young Pianists, Lonigo, Italy 


2003

  • Diploma, 5th International Competition of Maria Yudina, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • 1st Prize, 7th Ukrainian Competition “New Names of Young Stars,” Kiev, Ukraine
  • Diploma and Special Prize, 2nd International Competition of Young Pianists of Emile Gilels, Odessa, Ukraine 


2002

  • 1st Prize, 6th Ukrainian Competition “New Names of Young Stars,” Kiev, Ukraine
  • Winner, “New Names of Ukraine” Foundation

2001

  • 2nd Prize, International Competition of Pianists, Koshitsy, Slovakia
  • 2nd Prize,International Competition of Young Pianists “On Sergey Prokofiev’s Native Land,” Donetsk, Ukraine

2000

  • Special Prize, International Competition of Young Pianists, Ettlingen, Germany 

1999 

  • 1st Prize, International Piano Competition “Art of XXI Century,” Kiev-Vorzel, Ukraine
  • 1st Prize, International Chamber Ensemble Competition “Art of XXI Century,” Kiev-Vorzel, Ukraine
  • New England Piano Teacher Association Competition
  • GOCAA Competition, Boston
  • MTNA State Piano Competitions
  • Steinway Society Piano Competition, Boston
  • BU Richmond Solo Piano Competition
  • American Classical Pianist International Piano Competition, Hangzhou, China
  • MMTA Bay State Piano Contest – American Classical Pianist
  • International Piano Competition, Guangzhou, China
  • Bay State Contest
  • David Lapin Performance Competition
  • NEC Prep Concerto Competition

Repertoire

Concertos, Piano Duo, Chamber Music, Solo

Concertos

Bach
Concerto in f minor
Concerto in d minor

Beethoven
Concerto #1 in C major
Concerto #3 in c minor
Concerto #4 in G major
Concerto #5 “Emperor” in E-flat Major

Brahms
Concerto #1
Concerto #2

Grieg
Concerto in a minor

Liszt
Concerto #1 in E-flat major
Concerto #2 in A Major

Mozart
Concerto Nr.20 in d minor K.466
Concerto Nr.23 A-dur, K.488

Prokofiev
Concerto #3 in C Major

Tchaikovsky
Concerto #1 in b-flat minor
Concerto #2 in G Major
Concerto #3

Piano Duo

Arensky
Suite No. 3 for Two Pianos

Beethoven 
Three marches 

Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Bizet
Carmen Fantasy

Brahms
Sonata in F minor, Op. 34b
Variations on a Theme of Haydn

Brubeck
Points on Jazz

Busoni
Duettino Concertanto

Chopin
Rondo in C major Op.73

Dukas
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Faure
Dolly Suite

Gershwin
Porgy and Bess (Concert Suite #1)

Guastavino
Romance op.2 No. 1

Hahn
From Le Ruban Dénoué 

Liszt
Mazeppa 

Lutoslavsky
Variations on a Theme by Paganini

Medtner
Knight Errant, Op. 58 No. 2

Milhaud
Scaramouche Suite

Mozart
Sonata for Two Pianos in D major

Poulenc
Capriccio (after Le bal masque)
Sonata for 2 pianos

Prokofiev
Suite from Cinderella

Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances Op.45
Suite for two pianos #1 Op.5
Suite for two pianos #2 Op.17

Ravel
Introduction et Allegro
La Valse

Saint-Saëns
Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op. 35
Danse Macabre

Shostakovich
Concertino for 2 pianos

Strauss-Chasins
The Blue Danube Waltzes

Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite

 

Chamber Works

Beethoven
Sonata for Violin and Piano #1 Op.12#1
Sonata for Violin and Piano #3 Op.12#3
Sonata for Violin and Piano #4 Op.23
Sonata for Violin and Piano #5 Op.24 “Spring”
Sonata for Violin and Piano #7 Op.30 #2
Sonata for Violin and Piano #8 Op.30#3
Sonata for Violin and Piano #9 Op.47 “Kreuzer”
Sonata for Cello and Piano #1 Op.5#1
Sonata for Cello and Piano #2 Op.5#2
Sonata for Cello and Piano #3 Op.69
Sonata for Cello and Piano #4 Op.102#1
Sonata for Cello and Piano #5 Op.102#2
Piano Trio Op.1#3
Piano Trio Op.97 “Archduke”

Brahms
Sonata for Violin and Piano #1 Op.78
Sonata for Violin and Piano #2 Op.100
Sonata for Violin and Piano #3 Op.108
Sonata for Viola and Piano Op.120#1
Sonata for Viola and Piano Op.120#2
Sonata for Cello and Piano #1 Op.38
Sonata for Cello and Piano #2 Op.99
Piano Trio Op.8
Piano Trio Op.87
Piano Trio Op.101
Piano Quartet #1 Op.25
Piano Quartet #2 Op.26
Piano Quartet #3 Op.60
Piano Quintet Op.34
Sonata after piano quintet, Op.34bis

Chopin
Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.65

Dvorak
Piano Trio #2 Op.26
Piano Trio #3 Op.65
Piano Quartet Op.23

Faure
Violin Sonata #1 Op.13
Piano Quartet Op.15
Piano Quartet Op.45

Franck
Sonata for Violin/Cello and Piano in A Major
Piano Trio in f sharp minor
Piano Quintet in f minor

Grieg
Sonata for Violin and Piano #2 Op.13
Sonata for Violin and Piano #3 Op.45

Haydn
Piano Trio #25 in G major “Gypsy”

Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in d minor op.49
Piano Trio in c minor op.66

Mozart
Piano Trio in E-flat Major
Sonata for 2 pianos in D Major

Poulenc
Sonata for Violin and Piano

Prokofiev
Sonata for Flute and Piano Op.94
Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.119

Rachmaninov
Sonata for Cello/Saxophone and Piano Op.18
Trio élégiaque #2 Op.9

Ravel
Piano Trio in A major

Schostakovich
Sonata for Violin and Piano Op.134
Sonata for Viola and Piano Op.147
Sonata for Cello and Piano Op.40
Piano Trio #2

Schubert
Piano Trio Op.100
Nocturne op.148

Schumann
Sonata for Violin and Piano #1 Op.105
Sonata for Violin and Piano #2 Op.121
Piano Trio #1 Op.63
Piano Trio #2 Op.80
Piano Trio #3 Op.110
Piano Quintet Op.44

Strauss
Sonata for Violin and Piano Op.18

Tchaikovsky
Piano Trio Op.50

Solo Compositions

Alkan:
Symphony for Solo Piano op.39
“Le Festin D’Esope” Op.39#12

Bach:
Preludes and Fugues WTC1:

C-sharp Major
d minor
e-flat minor
f-sharp minor
WTC2:
d minor
D Major
g minor
a minor
b minor
English Suite in g minor #3
Partita in c minor #2

Bach-Busoni:

Chaconne

Balakirev:

Islamei Op.18

Beethoven:

Sonates:
#8 in c minor Op.13
#14 in c sharp minor Op.27 #2
#16 in G Major Op.31 #1
#17 in d minor Op.31 #2
#21 in C major Op.53
#23 in f minor Op.57
#26 in E flat Major Op.81a
#31 in A flat Major Op.110
#32 in c minor Op.111
Variations with a fuge op.35 in E-flat Major
Bagatelles op.126

Bizet-Horowitz:

Fantasy on the themes of Carmen

Brahms:

Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.35 (Bk.1,2)
Intermezzi op.76, op.118
Two Rhapsodies Op.79
Sonata #3 Op.5

Chopin:

Scherzos:
#1 in b minor Op.30
#2 in b-flat minor Op.31
#3 in c-sharp minor Op.39
#4 in E-Major Op.54
Ballades:
#1 in g minor Op.23
#2 in F Major Op.38
#3 in A-flat Major Op.47
#4 in f minor Op.52
Impromptu #1 in A-flat Major Op.29
Fantasy in f minor Op.49
Nocturnes:
F major Op.15#1
D-flat Major Op.27#2
C minor Op.48#1
Polonaises:
f-sharp minor Op.44
A-Flat Major Op.53
Waltzes:
#1 in E-flat Major Op.18
#3 in a minor Op.34
#14 in e minor Op.Posth.
Etudes op.10:
1,2,3,5,7,8,10,12
Etudes op.25:
1,2,9,11,12
Preludes Op.28
Sonata #3 in b minor Op.58

Debussy:

Selected Preludes
Suite “Pour le piano”

Haydn:

Sonata in A-flat Major, Hob.XVI:46

Karabits:

Prelude #1
Prelude #5

Kosenko:

Poem

Liszt:

Transcendental Etudes:
#6 Mazeppa
#8 Wild Jagd
#10 in f minor
#12 “Chasse-Neige”
Hungarian Rhapsody #5
Hungarian Rhapsody #9
Hungarian Rhapsody #12
Polonaise #1 in c minor
Polonaise #2 in E Major
Sonneto 104 del Petrarca
Die Trauergondel ‘La lugubre gondola’ I
Die Trauergondel ‘La lugubre gondola’ II
Mephisto Waltz #2
Sonata in b minor
Sonata quasi fantasia apres une lecture du Dante

Mozart:
Sonata in a minor K.310
Sonata in c minor K.457

Mussorgsky:
Pictures from the Exhibition

Paganini-Liszt:

Grand Etude #2
Grand Etude #6

Prokofiev:

Sarcasms Op.17
Sonata #6 Op.82
Sonata #8 Op.84

Rachmaninov:

Polka de W.R.
Prelude in c-sharp minor Op.3#2
Prelude op.23#5
Prelude op.32#10
Prelude Op.32#12
Etudes-tableaux op.39: ##1,2,3,5,9
Sonate #2 in b-flat minor Op.36
Lilacs, op.21#5
Daisies, op.38#3

Revutsky:

Prelude op.7 #1, Es-dur

Scarlatti:

Sonates

Scriabin:

Sonata #3
Etudes: op2.#1, op.8 #12, op.42 #5
Fantasy op.28
Two Poems op.32

Schubert:

Impromptus:
Op.90 #1
Op.90 #2
Op.90 #3
Op.90 #4
Wanderer-Fantasie D.760
6 Moments musicaux D.780
Sonata in A major D.664
Sonata in a minor D.784
Sonata in c minor D.958

Schubert-Liszt:

“Erlkonig”
“Auf dem wasser zu singen”
“Wanderer”
“Der Doppelganger”
“Ave Maria”

Schumann:

Toccata Op.7
Carnaval Op.9
Fantasiestucke Op.12
Symphonic Etudes Op.13
Kinderszenen Op.15
Fantasy Op.17
Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26

Shamo:

Prelude fis-moll
Shepherds’ dance
Ukrainian Dance

Tchaikovsky:

Dumka Op.59
Meditation Op.72
Seasons

Tchaikovsky-Rachmaninov:

Lulaby Op.16 #1

Wagner-Liszt:

Isoldes Liebestod
Overture zu Tannhäuser

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