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, Vadim Repin, the Jerusalem Quartet and Sakari Oramo, among others.

Mr. 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 participated in a United States recital tour with renowned violinist Vadim Repin.

The highlights of the 2004-2006 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, Omaha, Oregon, Louisville Symphony Orchestras and a tour of Italy with the Georgian State Symphony including performances in Verdi Auditorium in Milan and Santa Cecilia Auditorium in Rome. As a very important part of his schedule, Mr. 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 Mr. 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 a unique E flat major concerto, which Beethoven wrote when he was 9 years old. It also includes concerts with Quebec City Symphony Orchestra, Georgian State Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, recitals and chamber music concerts in New York, Boston, Glasgow, Calgary, Toulouse and Noeburg 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, Mr. 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. Mr. Korsantia resides in Boston where he is a Professor of Piano on the faculty of the New England Conservatory.