Background
Prizes
Alexander Malikov performs extensively across Canada and the United States as soloist and chamber musician. Most recently he has performed virtual recitals in Texas, the Toronto Arts and Letters Club and the Vancouver Müzewest Concerts and has recorded Beethoven’s Cello sonatas Nos.2 & 5 with the principal cellist of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Johnson.
Alexander has been featured as Artist in Residence with Minnesota Public Radio and has worked with conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Boris Brott, Gaddiel Dombrowner and Michelle Merrill. He has performed at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheater in Toronto, the Banff International String Quartet Festival, as ‘Montague Artist’ at the Heidelberg University in Ohio and at the ‘Rising Star’ series at the Texas State International Piano Festival. A composer himself, Alexander gave the world première of his own piano concerto in 2016.
Alexander graduated from Oberlin College and the Juilliard School, followed by an Artist Diploma at the Cleveland Institute of Music and a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Texas. He is currently completing an Artist Diploma at the Glenn Gould School in Toronto. Last year he was awarded the Young Arts Educator Award in Florida, USA.
2021 Competition Performances
2021 Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round
Preliminary Round
I. Allegro
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto
II. Voiles
II. St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots
III. Gentle
Semi Final Round
Semi Final Round
I. Andante
II. Presto
[Promenade I] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto
I. The Gnome
[Promenade II]. Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza
II. The Old Castle
[Promenade III]. Moderato non tanto, pesamente
III. Tuileries
IV. Oxen
[Promenade IV]. Tranquillo
V. The Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks in their Shells
VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
[Promenade V] Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; poco sostenuto
VII. The Market at Limoges (The Great News)
VIII. Catacombs – With the Dead in a Dead Language
IX. The Hut on Hens’ Legs
X. The Great Gate of Kiev
Final Round
Final Round
I. Allegro energico
II. Moderato
III. Allegro con brio
I. Allegro molto sostenuto
II. Andante assai
III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiero
I. Prélude
II. Menuet
III. Clair de Lune
IV. Passepied
I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio, ed appassionato
II. Arietta – Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
III. Andante G♭ major