Ukrainian classical pianist
Alexander Romanovsky |
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| Born | (1984-08-21) August 21, 1984 (age 39)
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| Nationality | Ukrainian |
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| Occupation | classical pianist |
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Alexander Alexandrovich Romanovsky (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Романовський) (born 21 August 1984) is a Ukrainian-born classical pianist resident in Italy. Romanovsky self-identifies as Russian while performing in Russia,[1] and in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories.
Biography
Romanovsky was born in Dniprodzerzhinsk, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union (now Kamianske in Ukraine).[2] He studied in Kharkiv.[2]
Romanovsky appeared at age 11 with the Moscow Virtuosi under Vladimir Spivakov. His piano teacher was Leonid Margarius, a pupil of Regina Horowitz, sister of pianist Vladimir Horowitz.[3] In 1996 he was awarded the Grand Prix at the Vladimir Krainev International Young Pianists Competition (in Ukraine).[2] At the age of seventeen (2001) he won First Prize at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition.[citation needed] As his teacher Margarius moved to Italy to teach at the “Accademia pianistica di Imola”, Romanovsky moved to Italy to continue his studies with him.[4] Romanovsky graduated from the Academy in 2007 with a master's degree. He also studied under pianist Dimitri Alexeev at the Royal College of Music in London, England, graduating with an "Artist's Diploma" upon completing his studies there in 2008.[5]
Romanovsky has taught at the Royal College of Music (RCM) and at the Conservatorio di Reggio Emilia.[6] In the summer of 2022, Romanovsky was suspended from his position as professor at the RCM, following his playing a street recital in front of the bombed-out Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater in Mariupol[7] in the presence of Russian video cameras, and following an interview given to Russian media alongside his collaborator, the Russian violinist Petr Lundstrem, a supporter of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
