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Alexander Sevastian was born on
October 2nd, 1976 in Minsk, Belarus. He started playing the accordion at the age
of seven.
After finishing the musical school in 1991 he entered the Glinka
Musical College in Minsk where he was taught by Myron Boula. After finishing the
college he entered the Gnessin Academy of Music in Moscow in the class of Professor
Friedrich Lips.
In July 1998, Alexander was trained by Professor Elsbeth
Moser at the Sofia Goubaidulina Master Class in Avignon, France.
In 1996
- 2001 he was working in the Russian TV and Radio orchestra (art director Nickolai
Nekrasov). With this orchestra he recorded many TV performances and radio archive
tapes.
Alexander regularly took part in the music festivals such as
"Moscow Autumn", "Bayan and Bayanists", "Young Composers Introduce…"
Since April of 2001, Alexander has been living in Toronto, Canada. He has been
playing with Toronto Woodwinds, an ensemble that was awarded the first prize at
“The Golden Accordion International Competition” in December 2001 (New York).
In May 2002 he completed his post-graduate course in Moscow (class of Professor
Friedrich Lips). At present he is taking an Advanced Certificate in Performance
program from the University of Toronto (class of Professor Joseph Macerollo).
He has performed concerts in 30 Russian cities as well as concerts in
Belarus, Ukraine, Germany, Italy and Japan. He has given several premier performances,
including the works of Berinsky, Bronner, Korolchuk, Zelenski and Khondo.
Since September 2002 Alexander has been playing with an internationally recognized
group “Quartetto Gelato” www.quartettogelato.ca. He has been touring regularly
in both the United States and Canada with this ensemble.
In November
2002 he made his debut with Hamilton Symphony (under Boris Brott). |
