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Alexander Gadjiev

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A new release from Alexander Gadjiev: miniatures by Prokofiev and the two TcherepninsAlexander Gadjiev, the pianist whose career took off after winning Second Prize and the Sonata Prize at the 2021 Chopin Competition.His latest album offers a strikingly ambitious programme pairing the piano music of Prokofiev with that of father and son Tcherepnin.Italian-Slovenian by background, Alexander Gadjiev has built a devoted following in Japan ever since taking First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2015 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition. He went on to win the World Piano Masters in Monte Carlo in 2018 and the Sydney International Piano Competition in 2021, and at the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition in 2021 he took a commanding Second Prize together with the prize for the best sonata performance (the Krystian Zimerman Prize).Gadjiev, who was also selected as a BBC Radio 3 Ne