Alexander Gavrylyuk

Alexander Gavrylyuk (born 19 August 1984) is a Ukrainian-born Australian pianist.

Career Gavrylyuk's first concert performance was at the age of nine. He moved to Australia at the age of 13.

In 1999 he won the Vladimir Horowitz Competition, in 2000 the Hamamatsu Competition and in 2005 the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.

Gavrylyuk has held solo recitals at, among others, Wigmore Hall in London, Musikverein in Vienna, Tonhalle, Zürich and Konzerthaus Berlin. The major orchestras he has performed with include: the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In 2013 and 2014, he gave cycle performances of all four Rachmaninov concertos as well as the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with Neeme Järvi (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande) and Bramwell Tovey (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra), respectively.

Recordings Brahms: Paganini Variations; Liszt: Mephisto Waltz; Tarantella; Danse Macabre; Isolde's Liebestod / Alexander Gavrylyuk. Label: Piano Classics, 2015. Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Schumann: Kinderszenen / Alexander Gavrylyuk. Label: Piano Classics, 2014. Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux; Scriabin: Sonata No 5; Prokofiev: Sonata No 7 / Alexander Gavrylyuk. Label: Piano Classics, 2011. Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 / Alexander Gavrylyuk, Vladimir Ashkenazy. Label: Triton (Octavia), 2011. Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 "left Hand" / Alexander Gavrylyuk, Vladimir Ashkenazy. Label: Triton (Octavia), 2011. Alexander Gavrylyuk In Recital - Arcadi Volodos, Sergei Rachmaninov, Mily Balakirev, Moritz Moszkowski. Label: Video Artists International, 2010. (2 disks) Miami International Piano Festival / Alexander Gavrylyuk - Franz Joseph Haydn, Johannes Brahms, Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Prokofiev. Label: Vai Audio, 2006. (2 disks).