Alexander Romanovsky makes his debut at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of David Hill on Sunday 5th of October, performing Beethoven's ‘Emperor’ Piano Concerto No. 5.
With Beethoven’s 250th anniversary quickly approaching, this will be the first of many Beethoven performances that Alexander will give this season; in 2020, he will perform the Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos for the first time, returning to both the Pacific Symphony Orchestra and the Costa Rica Symphony under the baton of Carl St Clair; and in recital, he will be touring the composer’s monumental Diabelli Variations which he recorded for Decca in 2011 (please hear an excerpt here).
His debut at the Royal Albert Hall follows a successful four-concert tour with the Filarmonica della Scala and Myung-Whun Chung performing Rachmaninov No. 3, a concerto he will continue playing throughout 2019/20 with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under Vladimir Spivakov on a tour the Baltic States, as well as with the Moscow State Symphony under Pavel Kogan.
Recitals include Musica Insieme Bologna, Amici della Musica di Padova, Unione Musicale Torino, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Freiburg International Piano Series, Fondazione Accademia Musicale Chigiana; and his debuts at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Spivey Hall in Atlanta, and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory; with repertoire including the complete Chopin Études, Beethoven Diabelli Variations, Liszt Piano Sonata in b minor, Brahms 7 Fantasien Op. 116, and the Bach Chaconne from Partita No. 2.