Osminin, Alexander Petrovich

Alexander Osminin is a graduate of the piano faculty of the Moscow Conservatory , where he studied in the class of outstanding pianist Eliso Virsaladze . In 2008 he graduated from graduate school under her guidance. The first teacher of the future pianist was Inessa Veniaminovna Antypko ^[2] , who gave Alexander an excellent school, which later allowed him to get the best music education in Russia.

He conducts active concert activities, performs with solo and ensemble concerts around the world. Moscow, St. Petersburg , Samara , Krasnoyarsk ^[3] , Perm , Tolyatti ^{[4] [5]} , Irkutsk , Arkhangelsk , Murmansk ^[6] , Kurgan ^[7] , Tuva ^[8] , Vladivostok , Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk - far incomplete list of cities in which concerts took place ^[9] .

Tour of the cities of Italy consisted of more than 10 performances. Students from Germany , France , Sweden , Norway ^[10] , Austria , Portugal and Romania also met Alexander Osminin. Of the tours in Europe, the most significant are the performances in the Paris Salle Cortot ^[11] and the Recital in one of the halls of the Munich Gasteig ^{[12] [13]} .

The pianist’s repertoire is diverse and covers a wide time range and genre range: these are the Scarlatti sonatas — the quintessence of baroque music, JS Bach’s sublime opus and Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes — works of utmost virtuoso complexity, and the most complex examples of contemporary music.

Indelible impressions on Alexander Osminin have performances with the orchestra, because every concert is a large-scale and significant event. For example, in 2005 , 2006 , 2007 he performed in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with the orchestra of Y. Bashmet "New Russia" (conducted by E. Bushkov ^[14] ), performing the concerts of Liszt, Rubinstein and Ravel .

A great place in the work of Alexander Osminin takes a game in chamber ensembles in various compositions. He has performed with many musicians, including the legendary Natalia Gutman ^[15] , Eliso Virsaladze , Alexander Buzlov ^[16] , Andrey Baranov ^[17] , Evgeny Petrov , Alexey Koshvanets and many others ^{[18] [19]}

Currently a concert pianist, orchestra artist and accompanist at the Alto Department ^{[20] of the} Moscow State Conservatory.

Several international competitions in which Alexander won prizes:

• Carl Filch Competition in Sibiu, Romania (1st prize, 2010)
• XII international competition of pianists named after Luciano Gante in Italy (1st prize)
• V International competition of chamber ensembles in Sweden , Katrineholm (1st prize together with F. Belugin) ^[21]
• Laureate of the International Svyatoslav Richter Piano Competition in Moscow ^{[22] [23] [24]}
• Competition in Naples - "Pausilypon" piano competition Naples ^[25] (2nd prize, 2008)
• III International Music Competition in Sendai (Audience Award), etc.

In addition to competitions, he participated in many international festivals:

• Animato Festival ^[26] in Paris, France ^[27]
• Festival "Julitafestival" in Sweden ^[28] ,
• Classical Music Festival in Porto ( Portugal )
• Festival S. Richter in Tarusa. Constant participant ^[29]
• Festival of the Memory of Oleg Kagan
• December Nights
• International Festival of Chamber Music in Tolyatti ^[30]
• September music festival "Creative Youth of the Moscow Conservatory"

The collaboration with the talented and virtuoso violist Fedor Belugin ^{[31] [32]} , with whom Alexander Osminin recorded a CD with works by S. Frank , R. Schumann and I. Brahms , is a long-standing one, the collection can be found at Ozone , publisher of ART Classics. In 2009 , the duo Osminin and Belugina participated in a big tour tour, having played more than 35 concerts.

• “12 moved pianists” , Moskovsky Komsomolets number 24789 dated June 20, 2008
• "The highest points on the Richter scale" , Moscow Komsomolets number 24792 from June 24, 2008

• "On the Richter account . " "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - Federal Issue №4695
• “Nobody won against Richter” , Moskovsky Komsomolets № 24796 dated June 29, 2008
• "There was no pianist worthy of the first prize in the world", (inaccessible link) Siberian news agency
• “One of the best Russian duets - on the stage of the Khakass Philharmonic Society” (inaccessible link) , Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Khakassia, 11.02.2011
• "Masterpieces of musical classics"
• Bulletin of the Competition. Richter number 1 . Reporting 28.06.2008
• Bulletin of the Competition. Richter number 3. Participant number 21 - Alexander Osminin (Russia) . Reporting 28.06.2008
• "Meeting the Old New Year" (inaccessible link) , the news section of the Department of Culture of the mayor's office of the Togliatti city district
• “What a blessing: we heard the famous duet!” (Inaccessible link) Tuvinian truth
• “Irina Kandinskaya and“ Persona ”invite ...” (inaccessible link) IV Chamber Music Festival

The pianist has a pleasant ability to wonder at the divine harmonies coming out from under his own hands ...

- ClassicalMusicNews

• Classical music collection: Brahms, Schumann, Franck. Performed by Alexander Osminin and Fedor Belugin.
• Alexander Osminin on the 1st round of the Cleveland International Piano Competition.

• Eliso Konstantinovna Virsaladze on the Moscow Conservatory site
• Alexander Osminin's official channel on Youtube
• Alexander Osminin in the UGIG database (inaccessible link)
• Richter Competition Official Website
• Alexander Osminin at the International Competition for Pianists. S. Richter
• Carl Filtsch International Competition Official Carl Filch Competition Website (eng.)
• Official Website of the International Music Competition in Sendai (English) (Japanese)
• Alexander Osminin on InstantEncore (English)
• Alexander Osminin on the Moscow Conservatory site
• Subscription number 9: "Instrumental Assembly." Natalia Gutman (cello), Alexander Osminin (piano), Nikita Borisoglebsky (violin), Fyodor Belugin (viola)
• Subscription number 15: "On the strings and keys." Alexander Osminin and Fyodor Belugin. Small Hall of the Conservatory
• Music Publishing ArtServis . Alexander Osminin and Fedor Belugin