Alexander Goldstein

Over his career as a sport music editor and arranger, Alexander Goldstein has worked with athletes and coaches from 20 countries and helped hundreds of National competition participants spanning 4 different continents.

Alexander wrote original music scores and worked as video editor on 15 films produced by AY Associates for the US State Department.

Alexander edited 50 television shows and Progulki po Broadveiu (Broadway Walks) for TV Channel Kultura[6] Russian Federation and 125 shows of Time Out[7] TV show hosted by Oleg Frish, which aired on NTV (America)[8] from 2005 to 2010 and featured memorable exclusive interviews and performances of such American music greats as Paul Anka, Peter Cincotti, James Brown, Connie Francis, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer and Russian performers who frequented USA like Valeri Leoniev or call it home like Yakov Smirnoff Alexander Goldstein relocated to Naples, Florida in 2005 and continues to produce documentary films and compose music.

"[11] In Russia, Alexander Goldstein is known for his expertise on the music of Paul Mauriat, a renowned French orchestra leader who has an official fan club.

[13] Rotissimo had its European Debut at Sibelius Academy,[14] Helsinki, Finland: in 2012 Päivyt Meller, Violin and Julian Milkis, Clarinet.

In 2017 Rotissimo had its Russian premiere at the State Academic Capella of Saint Petersburg, with Sergey Dogadin, Violin and Julian Milkis, Clarinet.

It premiered in Khazan, Tatarstan by Primavera Chamber Orchestra with Rustem Abyazov, Violin, (Russia) and Mark Drobinsky, Cello (France).

Leading into 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Alexander Goldstein was instrumental in converting live piano accompaniment of gymnastics floor exercise to audio tape recording.

Together with Lyudmila Pakhomova, Alexander established a music training program for coaches at GITIS Russian Academy of Theater Arts.

He has created such unforgettable ice dance music programs as La Cumparsita for Liudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov, Polovtsian Dances for Natalia Bestemianova and Andrei Bukin, and popularized western music in the USSR during the Cold War by using such pop songs as: Afric Simone's Hafanana for Marina Cherkasova and Sergei Shakhrai, and Louis Armstrong's rendition of What a Wonderful World.

In Elena Tchaikovskaia's 1986 book titled "Figure Skating", she is quoted saying: (translated) Alexander Goldstein created dozens, even hundreds of brilliant musical compositions.

I have no doubt that readers of all ages have heard at least once, songs of Alexander Goldstein performed by L. Pakhomova, A. Gorshkov, A. Zaitsev, N. Linichuk, G. Karponossov, V. Kovalev and many of our other top skaters.

Gnessin State Musical College
Gnessin State Musical College