Cello Festival ¦ Soloists ¦ James Alexander
Freitag, 4. September 2009Canadian-born pianist James Alexander studied with Robert Silverman at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) and with Sasha Gorodnitzki and Janina Fialkowska at the Juilliard School in New York. He also took masterclasses with Leon Fleisher, Menahem Pressler, Mischa Dichter and Ivan Moravec and trained in song accompaniment with Martin Katz and Gwendolyn Koldofsky.
James Alexander has taught at the Berne University of the Arts since 1992 and performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. Apart from solo performances with conductors such as Dmitrij Kitajenko, Michael Stern and Kaspar Zehnder, James Alexander also gives recitals with renowned singers. His chamber music partners include, for example, the cellists Thomas Demenga, Michael Sanderling and Pieter Wispelwey. Tours have taken him to Europe, North and South America and Japan and he has played at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the European Music Festival in Stuttgart, the Heidelberger Frühling, the June Festival in Zurich, the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad and the Menuhin Festival as well as in the Lincoln Center. James Alexander has also given piano and chamber music masterclasses in Canada and Latin America and at the Juilliard School. His CD recordings include solo piano music, songs and chamber music. Since autumn 2006 he has been giving chamber music classes at the Geneva Conservatory of Music.
Cello a miracle? James Alexander, Thomas Demenga and Alex Porter perform magic moments on Wednesday, 30 September, 10 pm at Stadthalle Kronberg.









