Alexander Timofeev
Alexander Timofeev
Alexander Timofeev
Artist in Residence, Music Appreciation- Piano
Biography
Philadelphia-based composer and pianist Alexander Timofeev merges various Eastern European and American influences to create music of intense emotion, lyricism and dynamic movement. Timofeev debuted as a composer and pianist at 19 performing his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2003) with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Moldova. He is the winner of the Audience Choice Award and Commission at the American Composers Orchestra's 2017 Underwood New Music Readings; finalist of International Competition of the Moscow Conservatory for Young Composers ‘New Classics’ (2018); winner of Chicago Ensemble ‘Discover America IX’ (2017); winner of the 2016 Richard Weerts Composition Competition; finalist of the 2016 Thailand International Composition Festival Competition; and National Finalist of the 2010 MTNA Young Artist Composition Competition. Timofeev was honored to serve as the Commissioned Composer for the 2019 New Jersey Music Teachers Association conference.
His recent compositions include the one act opera The School of Marital Happiness (2019) on a libretto by Janet Fishman, premiered at the Wiener Kammeroper; Wind Fairy, for Orchestra (2019) premiered at Moscow Conservatory’s Rachmaninoff Hall; Concerto for Cimbalom and Orchestra (chamber version 2019) premiered at Solti Hall of the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest; Antiphon for the Angels, for Mezzo-soprano, Mixed Choir, Orchestral Winds, Organ and Percussion (2019) premiered at Rowan University, New Jersey.
Compositions by Timofeev received top prizes at the Sergey Slonimsky International Competition for Pianists and Composers (Russia), Carl Filtsch International Competition (Romania), Semeniako Competition for Pianists and Composers (Belarus), Valsske Mezirici International Competition (Czech Republic). His works for cimbalom were featured as obligatory contemporary compositions at the Eugen Coca International Competition (Moldova). Timofeev premiered his music at the Thailand International Composition Festival and Competition, Oxford Piano Festival (UK), Hariclea Darclee Festival and Voice Competition (Romania), Novye Imena (Russia), Northern Lights Festival (USA). His compositions have been broadcast on WQXR - New York's Classical Music Station and presented in live performances on Pro TV (Romania) and Tele-Radio Moldova.
An active pianist, Timofeev has appeared as a soloist with the Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra, Radio-Television Orchestra of St. Petersburg (Russia), Iasi Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras of Moldova, and Eastman School of Music Orchestra. He won First Prizes at Niš International Piano Competition, Serbia (2006), the Margaret Guthman Piano Competition, Atlanta (2006), and won Third Prize at the 2007 MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition (Toronto).
In 2008, Timofeev founded the International Society of Pianists and Composers - ispci.org - a nonprofit organization that promotes contemporary piano music. In 2012, two CDs were released under the ISPC label featuring Alexander Timofeev as the pianist in works by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. The Society has published Alexander Timofeev’s editions of Zlata Tkach’s music, including the Album of Piano Pieces for Children (2008), Two Piano Sonatas (2009), Piano Concerto (2015) and other works.
Alexander Timofeev completed his doctoral studies in piano performance at the University of Maryland (2012). He holds a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music (2008) and B.M. double degree in piano and composition from Rowan University (2006). His composition teachers included Zlata Tkach, Lawrence K. Moss and Harold Oliver. He studied piano with Douglas Humpherys, Larissa Dedova, Veda Zuponcic, Victor Levinzon, Aliona Vardanean, and conducting with Mikhail Sechkin.
Dr. Timofeev is Artist-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey.