Alexander Peskanov Explained

Alexander Peskanov (;) is a Ukrainian-American concert pianist and composer.

Life

Alexander Peskanov was born in Odesa, Ukraine, where he attended the Stoliarsky School of Music,[1] studying first under Rosalia Leontievna Molodietzkaya,[2] [3] who was a grand-pupil of Theodor Leschetizky.[4] He emigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1973, and attended the Juilliard School of Music, studying with Ania Dorfmann.[5] His solo career debut was with Mstislav Rostropovich and the National Symphony. He has also appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, SABC Symphony Orchestra, Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Bogotá Philharmonic, Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, as well as in the United States with the Baltimore, St. Louis, Houston, Utah, Richmond and Pacific Symphonies, and collaborated with Maurice Andre, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Yo-Yo Ma.

Peskanov has performed at the Wolf Trap, Aspen, Grant Park, Newport, Seattle, Vancouver, Monterrey, Sarasota and Flagstaff festivals, and in coast-to-coast recitals including a piano recital at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center as part of the series, "Russian Splendor," the Van Cliburn Foundation Series in Ft. Worth, Texas, and the Gina Bachauer Piano Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a featured soloist at The 3rd Sopot International Music Festival in Poland in the performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1.

Peskanov founded a new piano syllabus/event, Piano Olympics in 1991, a program for evaluation of piano technical skills and authored a series of six books, The Russian Technical Regimen for the Piano, published by Hal Leonard/Willis Music.[6] He has also produced the movie soundtracks of He Knows You're Alone (1980 film) in collaboration with his brother, Mark Peskanov, The Clairvoyant (1982 film), The Lottery Rose (1984 film), as well as the music score for the musical Blockheads, original 1984 London production.[7]

Composing

Peskanov is a composer of numerous works, but has mainly focused on music involving the piano. Peskanov has written 22 piano concertos, including 18 for young pianists of different levels. His Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Strings, Concerto No. 8 "Spring Concerto," Concerto No. 16 "Fate or Destiny" and Concerto No. 17 "In Baroque Style" as well as two compositions for Flute and Piano, Sicilienne Impromptu and Irish Poem were selected by the National Federation of Music Clubs for Festival Bulletin of 2024-2028.[8] The score and recording of Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Strings were released by Hal Leonard Publications. Between 2013 and 2016, Peskanov Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 6, and 10 were performed by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and were broadcast on Estonian National Radio. In the summer of 2014, Peskanov's Concerto No. 2 was premiered in Mexico at the Zacatecas International Music Festival. The winners of the 2015 Brown Piano Concerto Competition have performed his Concerto No.1. In October 2015, Peskanov's Concerto No.5 was premiered in New York at the Carnegie Hall Gala Fundraiser, entitled, "Express Yourself Through Music" and dedicated to Musical Education and Autism. Peskanov's Piano Concerto No. 3 (Maryland Concerto) and Piano Concerto No. 7 (Anniversary Concerto) were premiered at Piano Concerto Extravaganza at College of Music, Payap University in Thailand. In April 2017, Peskanov's Spring Concerto and Azery Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra had their world premieres at Carnegie/Weill Recital Hall by young piano soloists from 4 continents. In November 2017 the same two concertos had their European premieres at St. John's Smith Square, Westminster, in London. Also, the Concerto No.7 (Anniversary Concerto) was premiered in South Africa and Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Strings was premiered at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, Australia. In 2017, thirteen Piano Concertos by Alexander Peskanov were featured in newly released "The Pianist's Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Concertos" by Karen Beres and Christopher Hahn, published by Alfred Music. The new releases included several piano trios, written for Six Hands and the "Spring Concerto" for Piano and Orchestra, published in 2015 by Alfred Music and selected for the National Federation of Music Clubs’ 2017–2020. Peskanov is the recipient of three special ASCAP awards.[9]

One of his compositions, Temptations, was animated by Stephen Malinowski.[10]

Albums

Compositions

Concertos

Solo piano

Multiple pianists

Chamber music

Books

Videos

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BIOGRAPHY: Alexander Peskanov . Classical Video Concepts, Inc. . 2 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120505152754/http://peskanov.com/Merchant5/bio.php . 5 May 2012 .
  2. Web site: Concert Pianist Alexander Peskanov - The Piano Studio . 2022-12-04 . the-piano-studio.com.
  3. Web site: 1989-02-26 . PIANIST PESKANOV LIKES HIS AUDIENCES INVOLVED, FRANZ LISZT-STYLE . 2022-12-04 . Deseret News . en.
  4. Web site: Highlights 06-2020 Music Educators Association of New Jersey . 2022-12-04 . www.mea-nj.org.
  5. Web site: Alexander Peskanov Hal Leonard Online . 2022-12-04 . www.halleonard.com.
  6. Web site: The Russian Technical Regimen for the Piano, Alexander Peskanov, Author . Hal Leonard . 9 August 2015.
  7. Web site: BLOCKHEADS, Musical - Alexander Peskanov, Composer. OVRTUR. 9 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809034516/http://images.ovrtur.com/show/119060#pagetop. 9 August 2016. dead.
  8. Web site: Preysz. Sandra. NFMC Festival Bulletin. National Federation of Music Clubs. National Federation of Music Clubs. 11 June 2016.
  9. Web site: Alexander Peskanov – Jacobs Summer Piano Academy . 2024-06-18 . blogs.iu.edu.
  10. Web site: Peskanov, Temptations (solo piano). Youtube. 2 June 2015.

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