Alexander Shincuk performs Virtual Home Concert

Russian pianist Alexander Sinchuk, known for his affinity for darkly Romantic repertoire,” will be the featured artist in the March concert of Steinway Society – ­The Bay Area’s Home Concert Hall virtual series in March. This performance is recorded exclusively for Steinway Society and is not available anywhere else online. His performance of Sacred Music for Piano by Serbian composer Svetislav Božić will be a world premiere. The performance replaces Sinchuk’s planned Steinway Society appearance last March, which was postponed due to the pandemic. This year’s concert will be available during a four-day performance window, and patrons can view the recording as many times as they’d like during that period. Mr. Sinchuk will give a short talk before the performance about his choice of pieces, while sharing information about his musical life and how he is faring during the pandemic. A recorded pre-concert lecture by Bay Area classical music expert Dr. Gary Lemco will also be available for viewers to watch at their leisure. WHAT: ALEXANDER SINCHUK WHEN: March 26-29, 2021 AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY DURING THE 4-DAY WINDOW WHERE: Online, www.steinwaysociety.com TICKETS/INFO: $20 per household www.steinwaysociety.com or 408-300-5635 Born in the town of Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai in Russia, Sinchuk won first prize at the 2008 International Rachmaninoff and the 2012 International Horowitz piano competitions, and has performed all over the world giving recitals and master classes. His performance at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition received critical acclaim with the New York Concert Review noting, “he hurled himself at the Prokofiev Seventh Sonata, ‘Stalingrad’ as if he could see the carnage and smoking ruins in his mind’s eye.” Sinchuk has studied at the Moscow Conservatory and the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles. He is currently an assistant professor at the Moscow State Conservatory. “Alexander Sinchuk is a bright new phenomenon in a modern musical world. He is able to carry on an intimate conversation with a listener. His bold and possessive pianism is distinguished by a particular, refined sound, vivid sparkling, characteristic sharp metric pulse and elegant virtuosity, able to convert into purely yet impulsive playing.” - Ludmila Osipova, “Radio Russia”