{"id":9964,"date":"2025-01-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lingottomusica.it\/news\/the-return-of-piano-prodigy-alexandra-dovgan\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T08:00:00","slug":"the-return-of-piano-prodigy-alexandra-dovgan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/lingottomusica.it\/en\/news\/the-return-of-piano-prodigy-alexandra-dovgan\/","title":{"rendered":"The return of piano prodigy Alexandra Dovgan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, January 28th<\/sup>, 8:30 PM at Sala 500<\/strong><\/p>\n

She’s only 17 years old but considered a true prodigy all around the world in the meantime. Her remarkable maturity was noticed by Grigory Sokolov, she started piano studies at five years old at the Moskow Central Conservatory and won the renowned Grand Prix of Grand Piano Competition at eleven. Alexandra Dovgan<\/strong> is the protagonist of the second concert of Pianisti del Lingotto <\/strong>series at Sala 500<\/strong> on Tuesday, January 28th<\/sup><\/strong>, at 8.30 PM. We had the pleasure of her talent in 2023 for Concerti del Lingotto<\/em>: this time she will bring together two intimate Sonatas by Beethoven and Schumann, Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme by Corelli<\/em> and the percussive energy of Sonata op. 14 by Prokofiev.<\/p>\n

After the first appearance in 2023, the 17 years-old Russian pianist come back at Lingotto with a new piano recital for Pianisti del Lingotto<\/em><\/b> series<\/strong><\/p>\n

The distinguishing characteristics of Alexandra Dovgan’s pianism are her spontaneous depth and consciousness, along with a sound of incredible beauty and precision. She’s the winner of five international competitions: <\/strong>Vladimir Krainev Piano Competition, Astana Piano Passion Competition and Nutcracker Television Contest for Young Musicians; in 2021 she won the Premio Renzo Giubergia<\/strong> and in 2024 she received the Prix Serdang<\/strong> from Rudolf Buchbinder e Adrian Flury. She won the Grand prix in 2028 with the performance at <\/strong>Grand Piano Competition<\/strong>: this appearance has gone viral and grabbed the attention of Grigory<\/strong> Sokolov<\/strong>, one of the greatest living pianists, who engaged her for a couple of years in the openings of his recitals. Despite her young age, she has already performed in major stages<\/strong> like the Philharmonie and Konzerthaus in Berlino, the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Pars, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Konzerthaus in Wien, always getting great reviews by the audience and the critics. In august 2024 she made her debut at Teatro Col\u00f3n di Buenos Aires. After her debut at Salzburg Festival in 2019 she worked as soloist with important orchestras and directors<\/strong> like Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Gustavo Dudamel, Kioi Sinfonietta and Trevor Pinnock in Japan, Tonhalle Orchestra and Paavo J\u00e4rvi, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Ton Koopman, Orquestra Simf\u00f2nica de Barcelona and Kazushi Ono and lately with Bergen Philharmonic and director Pietari Inkinen. Acturally she’s already studying at Ateneo de M\u00fasica de M\u00e1laga.<\/p>\n

The program includes Sonatas by Beethoven, Schumann, Prokof\u2019ev e Rachmaninov between 19th <\/sup>and 20th <\/sup>Century<\/strong><\/p>\n

The concert is dedicated to composers from different periods, showing the evolving style of Alexandra Dovgan. She will start with Piano Sonata No. 31 Op. 110<\/strong> by Ludwig van Beethoven<\/strong>, the second to last of his Sonatas, composed in 1822. The Piano Sonata <\/strong>No. 2 Op. 22 <\/strong>by Robert Schumann<\/strong>, composed around 1831 and 1838, has a powerful surge: her vitality and passion go beyond traditional limits and challenge the player and instrument’s skills. Variations on a Theme by Corelli<\/em> Op. 42<\/strong> by Sergei Rachmaninoff<\/strong>, from 1931, will follow: his last piano composition, expanded upon the famous Folia<\/em>, a portuguese sarabanda<\/em> included in Violin Sonata No. 12 by Arcangelo Corelli and in meanwhile inspiration for others composers like Bach, Scarlatti, H\u00e4ndel and Liszt. The Piano Sonata <\/strong>No. 2 Op. 14<\/strong> by Sergei Prokofiev <\/strong>will close the evening: a young composition dedicated to his schoolmate Max Shmitgov.<\/p>\n

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