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Alexandre Kantorow, pianist

The young virtuoso looks back at a meteoric rise and forward to a dazzling future

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This episode of musicmakers finds French virtuoso pianist Alexandre Kantorow in conversation with our host, Gramophone editor-in-chief James Jolly, about falling in love with the piano, bursting onto the scene with a resounding win at the Tchaikovsky Competition, the pianists and conductors he most admires, bringing spontaneity to the recording process, the unique challenges of improvisation, and plenty more.

Presented with the generous support of Madame Aline Foriel-Destezet.

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  • kantorow
  • alexandre kantorow
  • pianist
  • virtuosos
  • classic
  • classical music
  • medici
  • medici.tv
  • musicmaker
  • musimakers
  • inspiration
  • offstage
  • music
  • conversation
  • russian
  • heritage
  • tchaikovsky
  • tchaikovsky competition
  • james jolly
  • french
  • virtuoso
  • concerto
  • recital
  • classical
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