Alexander Gavrylyuk

Pianist

Birthday August 19, 1984

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Kharkiv, Ukraine

Age 39 years old

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About

Winner of the 2005 Arthur Rubinstein Competition, the 1999 Vladimir Horowitz Competition, and the 2000 Hamamatsu Competition.

Before Fame

He was invited in 2006 to perform with the Russian National Orchestra in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and at the Kremlin.

Trivia

He was included in a 2006 article in The Sydney Morning Herald about the musical talent leaving Australia because of the country's lack of opportunities for concert pianists.

Family Life

He was born in Kharkiv, but later became a naturalized Australian citizen.

Associated With

He mastered the five Piano Concertos of Sergei Prokofiev and recorded them with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.