Pianist Alexander Korsantia has won great critical acclaim for his versatility, power and the
unique sincerity of his playing. He can be heard performing in many of the world's foremost
concert halls collaborating with renowned artists such as Valery Gergiev, Christoph Eschenbach,
Paavo Jarvi, Gianandrea Noseda, Yuri Bashmet, Yuri Temirkanov, Vadim Repin, the Jerusalem Quartet
and Sakari Oramo, among others.
Korsantia has performed as soloist with orchestras throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Recent engagements have included a televised performance of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3
at the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg; performances at the Stresa Festival in Italy
under the baton of Yuri Bashmet; in the Newport, Tanglewood, Vancouver, Gilmore festivals;
with the symphony orchestras of Louisville, Brazil, Bogota, Jerusalem and the City of Birmingham,
the Georgian State Orchestra, the Kirov Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra and others. He
has also participated in a United States recital tour with renowned violinist Vadim Repin.
Highlights of the 2005-2007 seasons are performances of Prokofiev's Third Concerto and Mozart B
flat major Concerto with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and with Boston Pro Arte Orchestra,
Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto with RAI Orchestra, Turin, Dvorak Concerto with Jerusalem Symphony
and Oslo Philharmonic and Stravinsky Concerto with UK Youth Orchestra as well as Israel Chamber
Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, Omaha Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Pacific Symphony Orchestra in
LA, Elgin Symphony in Chicago, Louisville Symphony Orchestras giving performances in such a
concert halls as Verdi Auditorium in Milan and Santa Cecilia Auditorium in Rome. As a very
important part of his schedule, Korsantia appears frequently in his homeland of Georgia in
concerts, on television and radio. In January 2003, Georgian National TV released a full-length
documentary about him and in February 2004 he performed at the inauguration of President
Saakashvili. This season Korsantia returns to Israel for the concerts with Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra and Rafael de Burgos to perform Second Concerto by Brahms and Beethoven's "Emperor"
and with Israel Chamber Orchestra for Beethoven's Fourth Concerto and E flat Major Concerto,
which Beethoven wrote when he was 14 years old. He is also appearing in concerts with Quebec
City Symphony Orchestra, Georgian State Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg
Philharmonic with Temirkanov, Kirov Orchestra with Noseda, recitals and chamber music concerts
at the Barge Festival, New York, Boston, Tel-Aviv, Glasgow, Calgary, Toulouse and Noeburg and
Nice among others.
An award-winning pianist, Alexander Korsantia received First prize and Gold Medal of the
Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition and First Prize at the Sydney International Piano
Competition. In 1999, to show appreciation for his efforts and contributions to the arts in
Georgia, Korsantia was awarded with one of the most prestigious national awards, the Medal
of Honor, bestowed on him by then-Georgian President, Eduard Shevardnadze.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Alexander Korsantia began his musical studies at an early age. Among
his mentors are his mother, Sventlana Korsantia and Tengiz Amiredjibi, Georgia's foremost piano
instructor. In 1992, he moved his family to the United States and joined the famed piano studio
of fellow Georgian, Alexander Toradze, at Indiana University. Korsantia resides in Boston where
he is a professor of piano on the faculty of the New England Conservatory.
Tbilisi Special School of Music. Performance Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma, Georgian State
Conservatory. M.M., Indiana University/South Bend. Studies with Svetlana Korsantia, Tengiz
Amiredjibi, and Alexander Toradze. Former faculty of Indiana University/South Bend and
University of British Columbia.