Featured Performers

• Alexander Malofeev, piano

Program

• HANDEL: Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434

• PURCELL: Ground in C minor, ZD 221

• Georg MUFFAT: Passacaglia in G minor from "Apparatus musico-organisticus"

• BACH-FEINBERG: Concerto No. 2 in A minor (after A. Vivaldi), BWV 593

• M. WEINBERG: Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 56
• WAGNER-LISZT: Tannhäuser Overture, S. 442

Pre-concert lecture at 7pm by KUSC's Brian Lauritzen

Pianist Alexander Malofeev, the young “Russian genius” (Corriere della Sera) who came to international prominence in 2014 when he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, makes his Orange County debut.

In addition to his 1st prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, he has won numerous awards and prizes at international competitions and festivals, including the Grand Prix of the I International Competition for Young Pianists Grand Piano Competition, the Premio Giovane Talento Musicale dell’anno 2017 and Best Young Musician of 2017. Also in 2017, Alexander became the first Young Yamaha Artist.

The latest phenomenon of the Russian piano school

Corriere della Sera

Alexander Malofeev manifests the piano mastery of the new millennium in itself

Il Giornale

...his technique and musicality would be exceptional in pianists twice his age

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Sponsors

sponsored by the Henry T. and Elizabeth Segerstrom Foundation

Additional support from The Segerstrom Foundation