Alexander Selivanov

sasha.se@rambler.ru

Alexander Selivanov was born on 4th January, 1979 in Kazan, Russia. He started playing the accordion at the age of seven. But his first recital took place in children’s garden at the age of six with piano-accordion.

In 1986 he became a pupil of the teacher Natalia Mitenkina in the class of bayan in School of Arts in Yoshkar-Ola (Russia) which successfully finished in 1994. After finishing the musical school he entered the MusicalCollege in Yoshkar-Ola where he was taught by Evgeny Anichkin. During his studying in Yoshkar-Ola Alexander was a winner of numerous regional competitions of young bayan players.

In 1998 he entered the Gnesin’s Academy of Music in Moscow where studied with Professor Viacheslav Semionov.

In 2001 - 2004 he was working in the Russian TV and Radio orchestra with the famous Soviet conductor Nickolay Nekrasov. Alexander recorded a lot of TV performances and radio archive tapes, played a lot of concerts as a soloist with this orchestra in Russia and other countries.

Alexander Selivanov is a prize-winner of numerous International Competitions, including first prize in the Confédération Internationale des Accordeonistes (CIA) Coupe Mondiale in Pontarlier, France in 2004.

2000	“Coup of the North” in Cherepovets, Russia	Winner
2000	“Moscow International” in Russia	3th prize
2002	“Internationaler akkordeonwettbewerb” in Klingenthal, Germany	2nd prize
2002	“Arrasate Hiria” in Mondragon, Spain	2nd prize
2004	“Yugoria” – national, in Surgut, Russia	2nd prize
2004	“Internationaler akkordeonwettbewerb”, in Klingenthal, Germany	Winner
2004	“Citta Di Castelfidardo” in Castelfidardo, Italy	Winner
2004	“Coupe Mondiale” in Pontarlier, France	Winner

In June 2005 he completed post-graduate studies in the Gnesin’s Academy with Professor Viacheslav Semionov. Since 2005 he started to work in the Gnesin’s Academy of Music as a teacher. Alexander conducts master-classes in cities of Russia.

His debut recital took place in Yoshkar - Ola, Russia 1998. Since then he has given recitals (as a soloist and with several symphonic and Russian folk orchestras) all over the Russia and abroad, including Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Serbia – Montenegro, Turkey. Alexander took part in the international music festivals such as, "Bayan and Bayanists" in Moscow, “Sata-Häme Soi” (Finland), Kraguevac International Festival (Serbia – Montenegro), “Young Talents of Russia”.