Alexander Malofeev - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 - 2019 CIM Competition Final Round

Alexander Malofeev - 2019 China International Music Competition - Final Round - CONCERT (2019.5.17)
Conductor: En Shao
Orchestra: Orchestra Academia China
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466

[@sebastienodin1483]

Alexander Malofeev saves the orchestra from mediocrity.

[@leahmarie756]

Alexander plays Mozart just as beautifully as he plays Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Prokofiev...and any number of composers' masterpieces. I'm always in awe of his performances...he's a music genius!!

[@howarddeangelis384]

My God! How can anyone complain about perfection? His birthday should be declared a holiday.

[@richardduffy7926]

Performing Mozart can be tricky but not for Alexander. Mozart was a musical genius and so is Alexander.

[@ppc9100]

In many decades of listening, this is by far the best performance of the Mozart Piano Concerto 20 I have ever heard. What a fantastical sense of musicality to have reached at such a young age. Bravo!

[@lenat6911]

I can’t believe Alexander didn’t win this competition. The best Mozart D minor ever!

[@lottewied1937]

Thank you Russia for producing such a talent! Now he is adored by the whole world!

[@jssscal]

This is the first Mozart I have herd Alexander play. He does with Mozart what he does with every other composer he plays: he raises him from the dead. His flawless technique and deep understanding of the melodic line allows his listener to forget him and encounter the author. He is a truly humble virtuoso. He doesn’t have to prove himself, he lets himself go. And in this case, Morart soars.

[@sallyparsons4834]

He’s just what we need in this time of so much turmoil and sickness. He is a balm to my soul and calms me down and I’m able to have a respite from the worries of the day. What a passionate angel has come among us and given such a gift of beauty.

[@filippahedberg4949]

I am also mesmorized by the fact that he not only masters a very wide variety of music (Mozart, the Great Russians, Grieg, and Gershwin!!!) and with such deep understanding and personal interpretations! - AND still manages to keep such great contact with the orchestra, just look at the way he communicates with the conductor at all times!

[@chucklambooy8457]

I have followed this young man since his beginnings…he only gets better

[@anandsamuel1978]

What can one say of this awesome talent! Malofeev is here to stay to give us Joy, Peace and Love through those amazing hands! The hands that have put in thousands of hours of practice and dedication! Another genius from Russia!

[@tcharles2466]

Piano Concerto No 20 (along with 23, 24 & 25) is one of my most loved Mozart Piano Concertos - and this performance is one of my all time favourites. I listen to a younger Vladimir Ashkenazy playing this and I really struggle to tell the difference between you both!! You truly are an exceptionally talented young man. Please look after yourself - both mentally and physically - so that (after Covid) many audiences in countries throughout the world will have the opportunity to hear you perform in person for very many years to come.

[@catherinejones9396]

This and No. 26 are my absolute favourites of Mozart's piano concerti. Alex played his version the best I've ever heard it performed. Very supportive conductor and great young Chinese orchestra. Fantastic thank you.

[@ahsosusu]

Oh my heart!!! Thank you Malofeev for making Mozart live!!!

[@megjohnson6784]

This is simply beautiful. Thank you Alexander Malofeev for your complete dedication to the music.

[@user-vk9qr9mw3d]

Блестящая русская школа. Браво, Александр! Настоящая жемчужина.

[@TheEdie1958]

Amadeus Mozart I remember a festival heralding the composer at Lincoln Center where I spent afternoons. Lyrical, Lush, Luminescent your playing a God given gift.

[@barbarasisson732]

Alexander Malofeev é perfeito , maravilhoso na interpretação e na técnica. Toca com a alma , sente nota por nota , compasso por compasso. Espetacular!!!!!

[@benedetti]

Brilliant..brilliant..brilliant!!! Thank you dear Alexander Malofeev....This is what we call "playing the piano excellent!"...