Alexander Peskanov

Alexander Peskanov (Ukrainian: Олександр Пєсканов, romanized: Oleksandr Pieskanov; Russian: Александр Песканов, born 1955, Odesa, Ukraine)[1] is a Ukrainian-American concert pianist and composer.

Alexander Peskanov was born in Odesa, Ukraine, where he attended the Stoliarsky School of Music,[2] studying first under Rosalia Leontievna Molodietzkaya,[3][4] who was a grand-pupil of Theodor Leschetizky.

[5] He emigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1973, and attended the Juilliard School of Music,[2] studying with Ania Dorfmann.

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.

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.

In November 2017 the same two concertos had their European premieres at St. John's Smith Square, Westminster, in London.