
Alexandre Kantorow
Acting
Biography
Alexandre Kantorow is a French pianist. He won the first prize, gold medal, and Grand Prix at the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019.
Known For

On 26 July 2024, the largest-ever Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place, beginning at 7.30 p.m. CET. The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 was an unprecedented experience drawing on the natural light of the setting sun with all its nuances to illuminate the world’s best athletes as they travelled down the Seine, in the heart of the French capital.
Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony

The 2023 edition of the yearly charity concert for the Yellow Coins foundation.
Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2023 : Le concert événement

Few musicians in the world are as intimately familiar with Beethoven's piano sonatas as Daniel Barenboim, who has been exploring these works since the earliest days of his career - a musical novel in 32 chapters and an artistic cosmos in itself. Barenboim recorded the full cycle of Beethoven sonatas in the Pierre Boulez Saal in 2020 and presents these works in chronological order of their creation - providing an exciting look at the composer's artistic development. The box includes 234 mins Bonus: a 42-minutes interview with Daniel Barenboim on Beethoven and 3 master classes with Daniel Barenboim, working with students of the Barenboim-Said Academy feat. Alexandre Kantorow (winner of the 1st price and gold medal at the Tschaikowsky Competition, working on Sonata No. 2), Nathalia Milstein on Sonata No. 15 "Pastoral" and Fabian MĂĽller on Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata").
Barenboim: The Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas at Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin

French pianist Alexandre Kantorow invites you on a musical journey from the Baroque to the modern era, with stops along the way at Bach, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Franck, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky. At just 28 years old, the exceptionally talented Kantorow is considered one of the most promising pianists of the early 21st century.
Alexandre Kantorow - A Pianist Through and Through

At Berlin’s Funkhaus, virtuoso pianist Alexandre Kantorow and star soprano Regula Mühlemann dazzle in this stunning program featuring Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 alongside Teodor Currentzis and his renowned Utopia Orchestra.
Teodor Currentzis conducts Brahms and Mahler

The father sets the tone, the son takes the solo. In Lausanne, two stars come together on stage who just happen to be from the same family. Jean-Jacques Kantorow, who conducts the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, opens the evening with Camille Saint-Saëns's Symphony n° 2. Alexandre Kantorow then joins him to perform Johannes Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2.