Debut at Luzerner Sinfonieorchester on Decmeber 15th 2025

Alexandra Dovgan

Alexandra Dovgan was born in 2007 into a family of musicians and began her piano studies at the age of four and a half. At the age of five, her talent emerged when she passed the highly competitive selection process to join the Academic Central Music School of the Moscow State Conservatory, where she studied under the renowned teacher Mira Marchenko.

She is currently continuing her education at the Ateneo de Música in Malaga. Alexandra’s musical development has been greatly influenced by her creative communication with one of the most outstanding pianists of our time, Grigory Sokolov.

Alexandra is a prize-winner in five international competitions, including the Moscow International Vladimir Krainev Piano Competition, the International Young Pianists Competition “Astana Piano Passion,” and the International Television Contest for Young Musicians “The Nutcracker.” She was only ten when she won the Grand Prix at the II° International “Grand Piano Competition” in Moscow. Recordings of this event have travelled the world on Medici.TV and YouTube, moving musicians and piano lovers globally.

Despite her young age, Alexandra has already performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls, including the Philharmonie and Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Tonhalle in Zurich, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Konserthuset in Stockholm, Palau de la Música in Barcelona, Gulbenkian in Lisbon and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, receiving standing ovations and enthusiastic reviews.

Since her acclaimed recital at the Salzburg Festival, Alexandra has impressed critics and the public alike with a remarkable series of international debuts. Among others, she performed with Gustavo Dudamel and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Kioi Sinfonietta and Trevor Pinnock, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and Paavo Järvi, the Stockholm Philharmonic and Ton Koopman, the Barcelona Symphony and Kazushi Ono, the Bergen Philharmonic and Pietari Inkinen and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and Kazuki Yamada.

Highlights of the 2025-26 season include her debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and Kennedy Center in Washington, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Musikverein Vienna, Orchestre National de France, Dresden Philharmonic, Hamburg Symphony, Luzern Symphony, San Diego Symphony, as well as her return to Konzerthaus Vienna, Boulez Saal Berlin, Prinzregententheater Munich and many others.

The distinguishing characteristics of Alexandra’s pianism are her spontaneous depth and consciousness, along with a sound of incredible beauty and precision. You will not find any element of showboating or mere technical demonstration in her playing; rather, there is an impressive concentration combined with purity of expression and creative imagination. She possesses a charismatic presence on stage and a distinct personality.

In June 2024, Alexandra Dovgan received the prestigious Prix Serdang from Rudolf Buchbinder and Adrian Flury in recognition of her achievements and her already significant career.